Effectiveness of vasectomy using cautery

BMC Urology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Barone, Mark A ^a   Irsula, Belinda ^b   Chen Mok, Mario ^b   Sokal, David C ^b   Coutinho, Elsimar M ^c   Labrecque, Michel ^d   Pritchett, Thomas R ^e   Streeter, Edward ^f  

^a Engender Health   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c CEPARH   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; CAUTERIZATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EJACULATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SAMPLE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; CAUTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 4844226308     PISSN: 14712490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2490-4-10     Document Type: Article

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