UPDATE - 2022 Canadian Urological Association best practice report: Vasectomy

Armand Zini¹, John Grantmyre², Victor Chow³, Peter Chan¹

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¹ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
³ Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

PMID: 35544354
PMCID: PMC9119596
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.7860

UPDATE - 2022 Canadian Urological Association best practice report: Vasectomy

Armand Zini et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;16(5):E231-E236.

doi: 10.5489/cuaj.7860.

Authors

Armand Zini¹, John Grantmyre², Victor Chow³, Peter Chan¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
³ Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

PMID: 35544354
PMCID: PMC9119596
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.7860

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Dr. Zini holds investments in YAD Tech. The remaining authors do not report any competing personal or financial interests related to this work.

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