The incidence of post-vasectomy chronic testicular pain and the role of nerve stripping (denervation) of the spermatic cord in its management.

@article{Ahmed1997TheIO,
  title={The incidence of post-vasectomy chronic testicular pain and the role of nerve stripping (denervation) of the spermatic cord in its management.},
  author={Iftikhar Ahmed and Salah M. Rasheed and C White and Nick A Shaikh},
  journal={British journal of urology},
  year={1997},
  volume={79 2},
  pages={
          269-70
        }
}
OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence of chronic postvasectomy testicular pain (CPTP) and evaluate the use of denervation of the spermatic cord in its management. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective postal survey of 560 patients (mean age 36 years, range 25-55; mean time since vasectomy 19 months, range 8-39) who underwent vasectomy between July 1992 and December 1994 was carried out to determine the incidence of CPTP. A prospective study was conducted in a further group of 17 patients (mean age… 
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