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Last updated: 02/17/2009
BOOKS
"Family Planning: Sterilization." Section 18, Chapter 246 in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by Mark H. Beers, MD, and Robert Berkow, MD. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 1999.
PERIODICALS
Sabanegh,...
Edmund, MD. "Vasovasostomy and Vasoepididymostomy."eMedicine, February 13, 2002 [June 5, 2003].
Schroeder-Printzen, I., T. Diemer, and W. Weidner. "Vasovasostomy."Urologia Internationalis 70, no. 2 (2003): 101-107.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Board of Urology (ABU). 2216 Ivy Road, Suite 210, Charlottesville, VA 22903. (434) 979-0059.
Center for Male Reproductive Medicine. 2080 Century Park East, Suite 907, Los Angeles, CA 90067. (310) 277-2873.
OTHER
"Alternatives to Vasectomy Reversal."VasectomyMedical.com. December 3, 2002 [cited March 22, 2003].
Fisch, Harry. The Patient's Guide to Vasectomy Reversal. [cited March 22, 2003].
Silber, Sherman J. Microscopic Vasectomy Reversal. 2002 [cited March 22, 2003].
"Vasectomy Reversal."Center for Male Reproductive Medicine. [cited March 22, 2003].
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Vasovasostomy (literally connection of the vas to the vas) is the surgery by which vasectomies are reversed in males.
It can be performed in the convoluted or straight portion of the vas deferens.
Vasovasostomy is typically an out-patient procedure (patient goes home the same day).
The medical term used to describe the reversal procedure is called vasovasostomy (a form of microsurgery first performed by Earl Owen in 1971). The physician can reconnect the sperm canal by performing a vas-to-vas connection (vasovasostomy). The term Vasectomy Reversal (vasovasostomy) is the process of reconnecting the tubes (vas deferens ) that were cut during a vasectomy Vasectomy reversal is usually an outpatient procedure without an overnight stay.
The procedure is typically performed by urologists. Most urologists specializing in the field of male infertility perform vasovasostomies using an operative microscope for magnification, under general or regional anesthesia.
Other Information
The estimated number of hospital admissions among adults aged 20 or older with “calculus of kidney and ureters” as a primary diagnosis was of 171,000 hospital stays in 2000.
From: NKUDIC
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