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. 2022 May;16(5):E231-E236.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.7860.

UPDATE - 2022 Canadian Urological Association best practice report: Vasectomy

Armand Zini  1 , John Grantmyre  2 , Victor Chow  3 , Peter Chan  1
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UPDATE - 2022 Canadian Urological Association best practice report: Vasectomy

Armand Zini et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2022 May.
No abstract available

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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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Proposed algorithm for post-vasectomy testing protocol.
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