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- Title
Most Vasectomies Are Performed in Urology Practices By Physicians Using Ligation and Local Anesthesia.
- Authors
Althaus, F.
- Abstract
This article presents the results of a national survey which found that most vasectomies in the U.S. are performed in urology practices by physicians using ligation and local anesthesia. Nearly 500,000 vasectomies were performed in the U.S. in 1991, for a rate of about 10 procedures per 1,000 men aged 25-49. According to the survey, both the number of vasectomies and the rate were highest in the Midwest. Vasectomies were most likely to be performed in urology practices (72%), followed by family physician practices (13%), and general surgery practices (13%). Most were performed in a physician's office, with 23% performed in other outpatient settings and fewer than 1% in an inpatient setting. Almost all (99%) were performed with local anesthesia. The survey, a collaborative effort between AVSC International and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was based on a national probability sample of physician practices in urology, general surgery and family medicine. The investigators note that although urology textbooks have suggested that methods using cautery or clips are preferable to ligation, ligation was the method most frequently used by the physicians responding to their survey.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SURVEYS; VASECTOMY; UROLOGY; ANESTHESIA; LIGATURE (Surgery); FAMILY medicine; GENERAL practitioners
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1995, Vol 27, Issue 5, p220
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2136280