The Effects of Vasectomy on the Testis

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Abstract
Interest in the effects of vasectomy on the male reproductive system goes back at least as far as 1823 and the observations of Sir Astley Cooper on the testes of his vasectomized dog.1 Until the past two decades, however, reports of the effects of vasectomy appeared relatively infrequently, and the contradictory nature of the findings in animal systems attracted little attention outside the field of experimental reproductive biology. Beginning in the late 1960s, however, concern about population growth led to increased use of vasectomy and interest in its local and systemic effects. As a result, a large number of morphologic, . . .