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VASECTOMY [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genitourinary Surgery
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
DEF

A surgical procedure designed to make a man sterile by cutting or blocking both the right and left vas deferens, the tubes through which sperm pass into the ejaculate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie génito-urinaire
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
DEF

Technique de stérilisation définitive (par section) ou plus souvent temporaire, par ligature des canaux déférents, destinée à empêcher le passage des spermatozoïdes et ainsi éviter une grossesse.

OBS

La continuité peut être rétablie par enlèvement de la ligature (en fait, il s'agit d'une vasectomie par ligature).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía genitourinaria
  • Reproducción (Medicina)
DEF

Procedimiento quirúrgico en varones, que consiste en cortar la vía por la que el espermatozoide debe pasar durante la eyaculación.

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