A novel cost-effective approach to post-vasectomy semen analysis

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1447-1452

  Senanayake, Eshan ^a   Pacey, Allan A ^b   Maddireddy, Vinod ^a   Shariff, Umar ^a   Hastie, Ken ^a   Rosario, Derek J ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

persistent non motile sperm; post vasectomy semen analysis; semen analysis; semen viability; vasectomy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VASECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955417822     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09637.x     Document Type: Article

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