Society guideline links: Vasectomy

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use, third edition (2016)

Canada

●Canadian Urological Association (CUA): Best practice report on vasectomy, update (2022)

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Canadian Contraception Consensus – Chapter 6: Permanent contraception (2015)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on benefits and risks of sterilization (2019)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): United States selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use (2016)

●American Urological Association (AUA): Guideline on vasectomy (2012, amended 2015)

United Kingdom

●Association of Biomedical Andrologists (ABA), British Andrology Society (BAS), and British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS): Laboratory guidelines for postvasectomy semen analysis (2016)