PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - V. W. M. Drury
TI  - Vasectomy—a two year follow-up
DP  - 1974 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 812--816
VI  - 24
IP  - 148
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/24/148/812.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/24/148/812.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1974 Nov 01; 24
AB  - A report is given of 200 consecutive vasectomy operations performed by a general practitioner and with anaesthesia by a general practitioner. There was a bias among patients towards the upper social classes, perhaps because of better use of sources of information. The reasons for seeking vasectomy are analysed and seem to be more complex than the interviewer/operator assumed. One hundred and seventy-five couples followed up reported physical and emotional relationships to have improved in over 50 per cent of cases and to have been unchanged in virtually all the rest. An analysis of the 28 couples who were not followed up does not show any characteristics indicating a likelihood of their differing from the follow-up group.