Vasectomy Technique:
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World Vasectomy Day
- Managing Challenging Cases – Webinar 2022
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Engender Health:
- No Scalpel Vasectomy Participant Manual 2007
- No Scalpel Vasectomy Trainer Manual 2007
- No Scalpel Vasectomy Illustrated Guide for Surgeons 2003
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American Urological Association (AUA)
- Vasectomy Guidelines – Vasectomy Guidelines 2012
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Marc Goldstein, MD and Phillip Li, MD (USA)
- No-scalpel technique 2012 Video
- External cord spermatic injection Technique Paper 1992
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Michel Labrecque, MD (Canada)
- Chart of Vasectomy Surgical Techniques (pdf slide)
- Mini needle anesthesia technique 2015 Video / 2019 Video
- Mini needle anesthesia presentation (pdf)
- Vasectomy complications (Spanish) presentation (pdf)
- No Scalpel Vasectomy Technique Paper 2011
- Effectiveness of vasectomy occlusion techniques – Labrecque / Sokal 2009
- Vasectomy Workshop – Zambia 2023 (presentation ppt file)
- La vasectomie sans scalpel (No-scalpel vasectomy, French version) presentation (pdf)
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Douglas Stein, MD (USA)
- NSV 2017 Video / 2018 Video
- Amount of tissue for FI and pain and discomfort
- Vas isolation presentation (pdf)
- Left vas isolation presentation (pdf)
- Right vas isolation presentation (pdf)
- Managing Challenging Cases Video Presentation
- The Vasectomist (documentary) – Video link
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John Curington, MD (USA)
- NSV 2020 Video / 2021 Video
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Charles (Chic) Wilson, MD (USA)
- Use of Madajet® for NSV AFP Letter to Editor 2001
- NSV 2017 Video
- Training Manual AAFP (self-study program, pdf format)
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Ron Weiss, MD (Canada)
- NSV 2016 Video
- No Needle Anesthesia Urology 2005
- No Needle Anesthesia Technique Paper 2011
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Neil Pollock, MD (Canada)
- NSV 2018 Video
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Diana Torres, MD (Colombia)
- NSV 2021 Video
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Doron Boone, MD (UK)
- NSV 2022 Video
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Joao Batista, MD (Brazil)
- NSV 2020 Video
General Resources:
Vasectomy:
- History of Vasectomy – Y. Sheynkin, MD (Urol Clin N Am 36 (2009) 285–294)
- Knot security of PGA suture – Europ. J. Obstet. Gynec. Reprod. Biol. 1985
- Technics and complications of elective vasectomy – Schmidt (1966)
- Frequency and patterns of early recanalization after vasectomy – Labrecque et al (BMC Urology 2006)
- Technical Guidelines for Vasectomy – WHO document (1988)
Anesthesia:
- Madajet XL – Medical Presentation
- Diphenhydramine as an Alternative Local Anesthetic Agent – J Clin Aesthetic Dermatol 2009
- Spermatic cord block for difficult cases – VIDEO Doug Stein, MD
- Spermatic cord block – VIDEO Sijo Parekattil, MD
- Nerve blocks for scrotal surgeries – VIDEO Shiv Kumar Singh, MD
Ethics and Social Issues:
- Forced Sterilization of Disable People in the US – National Women’s Law Center (Report 2021)
- Forced Sterilization Laws in each State and Territory – National Women’s Law Center (Report 2021)
- Responsibilities of Legal Guardian (State of Iowa 2022)
- Image Archives on the American Eugenics Movement (website link)
- Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States (University of Vermont – website link)
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities (Report United Nations, 2017 / EasyRead Version)
- The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations (NPR audio, 2016)
- ICE, A Whistleblower and Forced Sterilization (NPR audio, 2020)
- The Times podcast: Eugenics in our own backyard (LA Times Podcast, 2021)
- America’s Forgotten History of Forced Sterilization (Berkeley Political Review, 2020)
- Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States (PBS article, 2016)
- Federally Funded Sterilization: Time to Rethink Policy? (Borrero, American Journal of Public Health, 2012)
Infection control:
- Infection Prevention and Control – Engender Health Document 2011
- Disinfection Guidelines – CDC Document 2008
- Sterilization Manual – Sterilization Manual – PAHO (Spanish)
- Risk of post-vasectomy infections – Int Braz J Urol. 2023
- Midmark M9/M11 Sterilizer Care – Midmark® Care Manual
- Cleaning and disinfecting cautery tips (Program for Appropriate Technology in Healthcare – PATH, 2005)
Semen Analysis:
- Semen Examination – WHO Document 2010
- PVSA Sperm Count Calculation – Spreadsheet by David Sokal, MD
- Cálculo del conteo de esperma (PVSA) – Hoja de cálculo por David Sokal, MD
- PVSA: Optimizing Laboratory Procedures – Ashok Agarwal, PhD et al (2022)
- A new approach to PVSA that eliminates the need for fresh samples – Andrology 2022
- Delayed vasectomy success in men with a first postvasectomy semen analysis showing motile sperm – Labrecque et al (2005)
Absence of Vas Deferens:
- Congenital Unilateral Absence of Vas Deferens (CUAVD) – Int Braz J Urol 2016
- Congenital Unilateral Absence of Vas Deferens (CUAVD) – Urology Annals 2019
- A case of congenital unilateral absence of the vas deferens – International Medical Case Reports Journal 2013
- Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens (CBAVD) – Frontiers in Genetics 2022
Male Contraception:
- Ejaculate Responsibly (book) – Gabrielle Blair (References)
- Surgical management of male infertility – Chan et al (AJGP 2023)
- Male contraceptives – Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 2020
- Acute inhibition of soluble adenylyl cyclase – Nature Communications 2023
- Utilization of male reproductive services in low-income countries – Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases 2023
- Rising vasectomy volume following the reversal of Roe v. Wade – Bole et al (2023)
Mobile Clinics:
- Mobile Health Map (Mobile Clinic Registry – website)
- LaBoit Specialty Vehicles (Mobile clinic builder – website)
- Magnum Mobile Specialty Vehicles (Mobile clinic builder – website)
- Mission Mobile Medical (Mobile clinic builder – website)
- ADI Mobile Health (Mobile clinic builder – website)
- Mobile Clinic Regulations in the US (Mission Mobile Medical summary pdf)
- Mobile Clinic Regulations by State (ADI Mobile Health summary pdf)
- Mobile Health Services (Office of Inspector General US – document, 1990)
- Mobile Health Clinics in the United States (International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020)
- Barriers to the Use of Mobile Health in Improving Health Outcomes in Developing Countries (J Med Internet Res. 2019)
- The scope and impact of mobile health clinics in the United States (International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017)
Data:
- United Nations (Population Division) – World Contraceptive Use (website)
- Down But Not Out: Vasectomy Is Faring Poorly Almost Everywhere – Jacobstein et al (2023)
- Supplemental data – Jacobstein et al (2023)
- World Family Planning 2022 (UN, 2022) – United Nations Document 2022
- World Contraceptive Use 2022 (UN, 2022) – Excel Spreadsheet 2022
- World Contraceptive Use 2020 (UN, 2020) – Excel Spreadsheet 2020
- Contraceptive use by method booklet (UN, 2019) – United Nations Document 2019
- Contraceptive use in the US by demographics – Guttmacher Institute 2021
- Measuring contraceptive methods in 204 countries and territories – Lancet 2022
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Infection Control:
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Congenital abnormalities:
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Contraception:
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Infertility:
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Male sexual dysfunction:
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BPH:
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Hematuria:
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Hematospermia:
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Inflammatory / Infectious issues:
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GU Cancer:
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Prostate:
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Testicle:
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Bladder:
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Kidney:
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Ultrasound Resources:
- Ultrasonography of the scrotum in adults (2015 article pdf)
- Scrotum anatomy (for ultrasound) – SonoNerds
- Scrotum physiology (for ultrasound) – SonoNerds
- Scrotal ultrasound (protocol) – SonoNerds
- Essentials of Scrotal Ultrasound (Wi Chong, MD – 2016)
- Scrotal Ultrasound – Everything you should know (Part 1) – 123Radiology
- Scrotal Ultrasound – Everything you should know (Part 2) – 123Radiology