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R G Middleton, J A Smith, M H Moore, R L Urry.
Abstract
A 15-year followup was summarized for patients who had nonmicrosurgical vasectomy reversal. Over-all pregnancy rates were 45 per cent (43 per cent for the first 8 years and 49 per cent for the next 7 years) and 73 per cent of the pregnancies occurred within 1 year after vasectomy reversal. Patients who achieved pregnancy compared to those who did not had significantly better sperm motility and a lower incidence of antisperm antibodies. The data indicate that nonmicrosurgical techniques can be used successfully to reverse vasectomy more economically and more rapidly than the microsurgical approach, while contributing to a reasonable pregnancy rate.Entities:
Keywords: Americas; Antibodies; Autoantibodies; Biology; Contraception; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Evaluation; Evaluation Methodology; Family Planning; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Immunity; Immunologic Factors; Male Sterilization; Measurement; North America; Northern America; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy Rate; Quantitative Evaluation; Research Methodology; Reversibility; Sterilization, Sexual; Surgery; Treatment; United States; Urogenital Surgery; Utah; Vasectomy; Wanted Births
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3573182 DOI： 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)44284-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Urol ISSN： 0022-5347 Impact factor: 7.450