Superior outcomes of microsurgical vasectomy reversal in men with the same female partners

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1371-1374

  Chan, Peter T K ^a,b,c   Goldstein, Marc ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

infertility; obstructive azoospermia; Vasectomy reversal; vasoepididymostomy; vasovasostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VASECTOMY; VASOEPIDIDYMOSTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 2342529036     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.066     Document Type: Article

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