title: Office procedures. No-scalpel vasectomy.
abstract: Vasectomy is a safe, permanent, and inexpensive method of surgical sterilization for men. No-scalpel vasectomy is an innovative approach for exposing the vas deferens that is associated with fewer complications than the standard technique of vasectomy (incisional). It has been used in this country since 1986. The no-scalpel vasectomy, preoperative counseling, management of complications, and evaluation of the postvasectomy semen specimen are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Stockton
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D009819:Office Visits; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014659:Vasectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*