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Male Permanent Contraception: Vasectomy

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Vasectomy is a quick, safe, effective, and cost-effective contraceptive method, with a failure rate lower than that of female sterilization. Vasectomy can be performed outpatient with local anesthesia and minimal risks. Backup contraception should be used until motile sperm are absent on postvasectomy semen analysis. One procedure can provide lifelong contraception. Despite its advantages, vasectomy is underutilized—only 6% of American women rely on vasectomy. Given provider unfamiliarity may play a role in underutilization, a working knowledge of vasectomy procedure is necessary for counseling couples on male permanent contraception. Training for this procedure is currently available in a growing number of family planning fellowship programs.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Family Planning, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Patel, J., Wachs, B.H. (2020). Male Permanent Contraception: Vasectomy. In: Shoupe, D. (eds) The Handbook of Contraception. Current Clinical Practice. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46391-5_13

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