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Vasectomy

Known as: Vasectomies, vasectomy procedure 
Surgical removal of the ductus deferens, or a portion of it. It is done in association with prostatectomy, or to induce infertility. (Dorland, 28th… 
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

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19 relations

Broader (6)

Contraceptive methodsExcisionFamily PlanningMale sterilization
Educational aspectsGenitourinary systemIntravasal ThreadSterilization Reversal

Narrower (3)

Vas LigationVas OcclusionVas Occlusion, Nonchemical

Papers overview

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Antioxidant activity in the semen of fertile and infertile men.
Review
1997
Review
1997
Recent developments in the epidemiology of prostate cancer.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The clinical relevance of classes of immunoglobulins on spermatozoa from infertile and vasovasostomized males.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Antibodies to human spermatozoa impede sperm penetration of cervical mucus or hamster eggs.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Immunological and morphological effects of vasectomy in the rabbit
Half of the rabbits developed antisperm antibodies (measured by either indirect immunofluorescence or sperm immobilization tests… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
LATE COMPLICATIONS OF STERILISATION BY LAPAROSCOPY AND TUBAL LIGATION A Controlled Study
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Human sperm antigens and antisperm antibodies I. Studies on vasectomy patients.
This study documents the types and incidence of antisperm antibody, detectable by indirect immunofluorescence, in 114 patients… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The semen of fertile men. II. Semen characteristics of 100 fertile men.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Gonadal Effects of Vasectomy and Vasoligation
During a 28-week study, vasectomy and vasoligation of immature male Wistar rats revealed that there was a significant decrease in… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Spermagglutinin formation in male rats by subcutaneously injected syngeneic epididymal spermatozoa and by vasoligation or vasectomy.
Macroscopic agglutination of rat epididymal spermatozoa was a sensitive reproducible test for the detection and titration of… 
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