Article: Use of cautery improves vasectomy outcomes.

2004 NOV 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vasectomy results can be improved by the use of cautery, researchers report.

Vasectomy procedures that included cautery significantly reduced vasectomy failure rates compared to procedures that involved ligation and excision with fascial interposition, according to the study, published recently in BioMed Central Urology (Vasectomy by ligation and excision, with or without fascial interposition: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Medicine 2004;2:6).

The analysis compared postvasectomy sperm count data from two previously published studies of vasectomy technique efficacy that were conducted by researchers at ...

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