Putative health risks associated with vasectomy

TS Köhler, AA Fazili, RE Brannigan - Urologic Clinics, 2009 - urologic.theclinics.com
Historically, many authors have reported concerns regarding the safety of vasectomy. Prior
studies have linked vasectomy with a number of health risks, including the development of
cardiovascular disease, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, psychologic distress, and a
variety of immune complex–mediated disease processes. 1–8 In the case of each of these
reported risks, subsequent research has generally failed to show convincing association
between vasectomy and the conditions in question. This subsequent research has been …