Purpose: Approximately 20% of patients with congenital absence of the vas deferens remain without two mutations identified. We applied a strategy of serial screening steps to 45 patients with ...

A vasectomy is a simple, generally permanent procedure to prevent pregnancy. It's the most effective form of birth control other than abstinence. During the brief procedure, your surgeon will cut and ...

Vasectomies may be reversible for up to 20 years or more after the initial procedure. But the longer you wait to reverse a vasectomy, the less likely that you’ll be able to have a child after the ...

Isolated congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD) is an autosomal recessive disorder which has recently been shown to be associated with cystic fibrosis (CF) mutations. As part of an ...

However, I would highlight that there is no reason to use a needle to inject a local anesthetic through the scrotum along the vas deferens. Because many men have a greater fear of this part of a ...

Of the 500,000 people every year who get vasectomies, about 5 to 10 percent change their minds after the fact. The procedure, which sterilizes men by severing the tube supplying sperm to the urethra, ...

A new gel-based vasectomy has proven effective in a group of monkeys, raising hopes it could one day provide a permanent but easily reversible male contraceptive option in humans. Vasalgel works by ...