ArticleScientific reports2018
Long-term safety, health and mental status in men with vasectomy.
Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Vasectomy and prostate cancer risk: a pooled of cohort studies and Mendelian randomization analysis.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- The review of the long-term health risks associated with vasectomy.International journal of impotence research · 2025Review
- Definition of a European pre-vasectomy scoring system to identify patients at risk of vasectomy regret.Sexual medicine · 2024Article
- Review of Vasectomy Complications and Safety Concerns.The world journal of men's health · 2021Review
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Abstract
Vasectomy is an efficient male contraceptive method, but the long-term effects of this technology in a large population are unclear. To investigate the influence of vasectomy on long-term health effects, we recruited 485 men with a vasectomy and 1940 men without vasectomy in China. After obtaining basic information from the Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) scale and other questionnaires, peripheral blood was drawn to assess the hormone levels, prostate specific antigen (PSA) and blood biochemistry. Using multiple linear regression analysis, these factors had no relationship with vasectomy except for four factors including the Somatic score (0.31, 0.02 and 0.61) in AMS, SF-36 score (-18.8, -32.00 and -5.60), "Role emotional" (-6.28, -10.34 and -2.22) and "Mental health" (-1.55, -3.08 and -0.02). A stratified analysis showed that with increased age, smoking and drinking, residence in township or a higher level of education, the mental health of men was worse. Vasectomy had no long-term effect on the level of sexual hormones in men, and it did not increase the level of PSA. The impact of the vasectomy on quality of life in men were mainly reflected in psychological effects, which suggests that men with vasectomy groups many benefit from professional psychological counseling.
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