Where are they moving from?
They should bring lots of warm clothes, or their first shopping trip should be to Mountain Equipment Co-op.
I remember a January in Ottawa where the temperature never went above -20 Celsius.
On a more scientific note, there don't seem to be any published studies on wanking and time to azoospermia, but there is a study on sperm clearance:
Gomez de Vicente JM. Romero Cagigal I. Blanco C. Pastor J. Moreno Santurino A. Santos Arrontes D. Miravalles E. Berenguer Sanchez A. [The natural history of sperm cleareance after vasectomy]. [Spanish] Actas Urologicas Espanolas. 28(4):286-9, 2004 Apr.
OBJECTIVE: To study the time required to obtain a negative sperm analysis after vasectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We reviewed 239 consecutive vasectomies performed between september 1998 and september 1999. All of them were done in an ambulatory basis. Follow up interval was 41-853 days (mean 144, median 104). The first semen analysis was requested between 1 and 6 months after the surgical procedure. If the sample still showed spermatozoa, then a new one was requested every two months. Probability of becoming azoospermic was studied with Kaplan-Meier curves. RESULTS: Persistent spermatozoa could be found in 31 patients (13%) at the end of follow-up. Despite having a positive semen analysis, 10 patients (4.2%) discontinued medical visits. Time required to obtain a negative sperm count ranged from 58 to 362 days (mean 133, median 99). The probability of being azoospermic 200 and 260 days after vasectomy was 80-90% respectively. A total of 328 semen analysis were requested (range 1-4, mean 1.37, median 1) CONCLUSIONS: A minimum of 200 days (6.6 months) are needed to clear all the spermatozoa in semen after vasectomy in 80% of our patients. Requesting the first semen sample 7 months after vasectomy is cost-effective, reducing unnecesary medical visits and increasing the rentability of this test.Institution
Departamentos de Urologia, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid.
On a more personal note, my neice was conceived six months after my brother-in-law's vasectomy. My sister made him go for his repeat vasectomy just after the birth so they could "share the pain".
Where are they moving from? They should bring lots of warm clothes, or their first shopping trip should be to Mountain Equipment Co-op. I remember a January in Ottawa where the temperature never went above -20 Celsius.
posted by v-tach 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Vasectomy"
On a more scientific note, there don't seem to be any published studies on wanking and time to azoospermia, but there is a study on sperm clearance: Gomez de Vicente JM. Romero Cagigal I. Blanco C. Pastor J. Moreno Santurino A. Santos Arrontes D. Miravalles E. Berenguer Sanchez A. [The natural history of sperm cleareance after vasectomy]. [Spanish] Actas Urologicas Espanolas. 28(4):286-9, 2004 Apr. OBJECTIVE: To study the time required to obtain a negative sperm analysis after vasectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We reviewed 239 consecutive vasectomies performed between september 1998 and september 1999. All of them were done in an ambulatory basis. Follow up interval was 41-853 days (mean 144, median 104). The first semen analysis was requested between 1 and 6 months after the surgical procedure. If the sample still showed spermatozoa, then a new one was requested every two months. Probability of becoming azoospermic was studied with Kaplan-Meier curves. RESULTS: Persistent spermatozoa could be found in 31 patients (13%) at the end of follow-up. Despite having a positive semen analysis, 10 patients (4.2%) discontinued medical visits. Time required to obtain a negative sperm count ranged from 58 to 362 days (mean 133, median 99). The probability of being azoospermic 200 and 260 days after vasectomy was 80-90% respectively. A total of 328 semen analysis were requested (range 1-4, mean 1.37, median 1) CONCLUSIONS: A minimum of 200 days (6.6 months) are needed to clear all the spermatozoa in semen after vasectomy in 80% of our patients. Requesting the first semen sample 7 months after vasectomy is cost-effective, reducing unnecesary medical visits and increasing the rentability of this test.Institution Departamentos de Urologia, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid. On a more personal note, my neice was conceived six months after my brother-in-law's vasectomy. My sister made him go for his repeat vasectomy just after the birth so they could "share the pain".
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