title: Vasectomy.
abstract: This article is intended to familiarize the surgeon with all aspects of vasectomy including preoperative counseling, anesthetic techniques, surgical techniques, postoperative follow-up, and postvasectomy semen analysis. The latest literature regarding the complication rates and failure rates of various vas occlusion techniques is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Kolettis
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014659:Vasectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Contraception; Fascial interposition; Minimally invasive vasectomy; No-scalpel vasectomy; Postvasectomy semen analysis; Recanalization; Sterilization; Vasectomy