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A Male Sterilization Clinic

Br Med J 1970; 4 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5730.295 (Published 31 October 1970) Cite this as: Br Med J 1970;4:295
  1. Pauline Jackson,
  2. Betson Phillips,
  3. Elizabeth Prosser,
  4. H. O. Jones,
  5. V. R. Tindall,
  6. D. L. Crosby,
  7. I. D. Cooke,
  8. J. M. McGarry,
  9. R. W. Rees

    Abstract

    In the Cardiff Family Planning Association Clinic 330 men have been sterilized during the past 20 months. Selection for operation was made after a detailed discussion between husband, wife, and a Family Planning Association doctor, and with the general practitioner's agreement. The outpatient operation was performed under local anaesthetic by a surgeon. It was regarded as being successful or complete when two semen analyses showed azoospermia at an interval of one month.

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