Chronic urticaria after vasectomy.

Survey of Chronic Scrotal Pain after Vasectomy

In all, 182 and 220 replies were received from patients in group A and B, respectively. Early complications included haematoma in five (2%) and two (0.9%) patients, respectively, and wound infection in 24 (13%) and 17 (7.7%). Eight patients who had scrotal pain even before vasectomy were excluded from the analysis (two in group A and six in group B). In group A, 25 of 180 (13.8%) had a new onse...

Chronic pain after vasectomy: a diagnostic and treatment dilemma.

Vasectomy is a very common operation and has been accepted as a method of family planning by ≈ 42 million couples worldwide. While it is usually a well-tolerated and highly effective form of birth control, it has a risk of significant morbidity in ≈ 1% of patients [1]. One particularly troubling complication after vasectomy is chronic testicular pain, which has been defined as intermittent or c...

Chronic urticaria.

Patient noncompliance after vasectomy.

OBJECTIVE To determine the postoperative instruction compliance rate in men undergoing bilateral vasectomy. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Private practice urological office. PATIENT(S) The records of all patients undergoing vasectomy were reviewed to determine the rate of compliance with postvasectomy follow-up instructions. It is our policy to have the patient continue to us...

Immediate sterility after vasectomy.

A series of 32 males who discontinued all forms of contraception following bilateral vasectomy and irrigation of each vas with 2.5 ml of 1/1000 solution of euflavine, have been followed for one year. During this period in which coitus continued with the same frequency as before vasectomy, no pregnancy has resulted. Semen specimens examined shortly after vasectomy in all subjects showed "moderat...