Sheynkin Yefim R
Department of Urology, Health Science Center, Level 9, Room 040, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8093, USA.
Urol Clin North Am. 2009 Aug;36(3):285-94. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2009.05.007.
Vasectomy as a medical term is a misnomer because only part of the vas deferens is excised during the procedure. Vas deferens as an anatomic structure was not a subject of significant clinical and research interest until the nineteenth century. It is difficult to find another surgical procedure as simple as vasectomy that has sparked so much medical and social controversies for more than a century. Vasectomy is a historical, social, philosophic, medical, demographic, and legal phenomenon. It is not surprising that the history of this procedure combines not only a constant quest for ideal technique and better results but also misconceptions, false beliefs, and erroneous indications.
作为一个医学术语，输精管切除术是用词不当，因为在该手术过程中仅切除了输精管的一部分。直到19世纪，输精管作为一种解剖结构才成为重要的临床和研究对象。很难找到另一种像输精管切除术这样简单的外科手术，在一个多世纪里引发了如此多的医学和社会争议。输精管切除术是一个历史、社会、哲学、医学、人口统计学和法律现象。毫不奇怪，这一手术的历史不仅包含对理想技术和更好效果的不断追求，还包括误解、错误观念和错误指征。
