title: Use of large-volume, fixed-depth, disposable slides for post-vasectomy semen analysis.
abstract: Vasectomy is the surgical procedure used for male contraception. Traditionally, operative success has been established by the issue of a laboratory report stating the achievement of azoospermia. The purpose of this study is to establish if this is an achievable or realistic status and if a change to the current best practice would provide an acceptable and cost-effective alternative. In principle, human fecundity is complex and measured in probabilities, which is inconsistent with the implied absolute requirement to establish the complete absence of spermatozoa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tomlinson
mesh_terms: D033441:Andrology / Q000592:standards; D053713:Azoospermia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055101:Semen Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014659:Vasectomy