Research article
Vasectomy surgical techniques: a systematic review
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* Corresponding author: Michel Labrecque michel.labrecque@mfa.ulaval.ca
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1 Clinical and Evaluative Research Unit Saint-François D'Assise Hospital, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CHUQ), 10 rue de l'Espinay, D1-724, Quebec City (QC), Canada G1L 3L5
2 EngenderHealth, New York, NY 10001, USA
BMC Medicine 2004, 2:21 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-2-21
Published: 24 May 2004Additional files
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Table 2. Criteria for study quality assessment.
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Evidence tables of studies comparing approaches to isolate the vas out of the scrotum. Table 3. Characteristics of studies comparing approaches to isolate the vas out of the scrotum. Table 4 Outcome measures of studies comparing approaches to isolate the vas out of the scrotum. Table 5. Quality assessment of studies comparing approaches to isolate the vas out of the scrotum. Table 6. Complication results of studies comparing approaches to isolate the vas out of the scrotum.
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Evidence tables of studies of vas ligation using metal clips. Table 7. Characteristics of studies of vas ligation using metal clips. Table 8. Outcome measures of studies of vas ligation using metal clips. Table 9. Quality assessment of studies of vas ligation using metal clips. Table 10. Results of studies of vas ligation using metal clips.
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Evidence tables of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without folding back. Table 11. Characteristics of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without folding back. Table 12. Outcome measures of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without folding back. Table 13 Quality assessment of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without folding back. Table 14. Results of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without folding back.
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Evidence tables of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without fascial interposition. Table 15. Characteristics of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without fascial interposition. Table 16. Outcome measures of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without fascial interposition. Table 17. Quality assessment of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without fascial interposition. Table 18. Results of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without fascial interposition.
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Evidence tables of studies of vas occlusion techniques using cautery. Table 19. Characteristics of studies of vas occlusion techniques using cautery. Table 20. Outcome measures of studies of vas occlusion techniques using cautery. Table 21. Quality assessment of studies of vas occlusion techniques using cautery. Table 22. Results of studies of vas occlusion techniques using cautery.
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Evidence tables of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without leaving the testicular end open. Table 23. Characteristics of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without leaving the testicular end open. Table 24. Outcome measures of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without leaving the testicular end open. Table 25. Quality assessment of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without leaving the testicular end open. Table 26. Results of studies comparing vas occlusion techniques with and without leaving the testicular end open.
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Evidence tables of studies combining isolation and occlusion of the vas. Table 27. Characteristics of studies combining isolation and occlusion of the vas. Table 28. Outcome measures of studies combining isolation and occlusion of the vas. Table 29. Quality assessment of studies combining isolation and occlusion of the vas. Table 30. Results of studies combining isolation and occlusion of the vas.
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