Fertility and sterility
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Fertility and sterility · Sep 1992
Unilateral obstruction of the vas deferens caused by childhood inguinal herniorrhaphy in male infertility patients.
To study the incidence, diagnosis, and treatment of unilateral obstruction of the vas deferens caused by inguinal herniorrhaphy (IH) during childhood. ⋯ The incidence of vas deferens obstruction was unexpectedly high in subfertile patients with a history of IH during childhood. Careful palpation of the scrotal content was a useful and noninvasive method to diagnose unilateral vas deferens obstruction, and microsurgical vasovasostomy was treatment of choice.