Scalpel versus no-scalpel incision for vasectomy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cook, Lynley A ^a   Pun, Asha ^b   Gallo, Maria F ^c   Lopez, Laureen M ^d   Van Vliet, Huib A A M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Health Research and Social Development Forum   (Nepal)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AZOOSPERMIA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EJACULATION DISORDER; EPIDIDYMITIS; EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS; FAINTNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE STERILITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PAIN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 84907397596     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004112.pub4     Document Type: Review

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