Social and Psychological Effects of Vasectomy

Men with Vasectomies: A Study of Medical, Sexual, and Psychosocial Changes

“…Two published reports that emphasize this relationship are those of Erickson 9 and Johnson. 10 Erickson's 6 cases are gathered from his psychotherapeutic practice. He describes men who chose the operation for clearly symbolic and selfmutilative reasons.…”

“…Several detailed post-facto clinical reports in the literature point out instances of sexual pathologic and psychopathologic conditions in men who had undergone vasectomy and attribute the precipitation of symptoms to the operation. 2 ' »• 10 3. What are the typical "trouble spots" before, during, and after the operation, and how can the physician best assist the patient in coping with them?…”

A follow‐up study of the effects of vasectomy on sexual behavior

“…Forty-seven of the men were satisfied with the results of the operation. Johnson (1964) used a sample which included only persons who were hospitalized psychiatric patients at a Veterans Administration Hospital and who reported a vasectomy prior to admission. It is not clear how the results of this study can be applied to the general population.…”

“…There are a few follow-ups of vasectomized patients reported in the literature but they are studies of special American groups, such as criminals, the retarded, or psychiatric patients (Popenoe, 1929;Johnson, 1964), are rather personal and anecdotal in nature (Garrison and Gamble, 1950;Poffenberger and Poffenberger, 1963;Landis and Poffenberger, 1965), are psychiatric and psychosocial, that is examine motivation and guilt feelings (Rodgers, Ziegler, Rohr, and Prentiss, 1963;Rodgers, Ziegler, Altrocchi, and Levy, 1965;Ziegler, Rodgers, and Kriegsman, 1966;Ziegler and Rodgers, 1968;Ziegler, Rodgers, and Prentiss, 1969), or are studies of groups in developing countries (Apte and Gandhi, 1970;Sharma, 1170;Sundaram, 1970). Furthermore, only the husband was interviewed in these studies, except for the work of Ziegler, et al (1968) who interviewed husband and wife in a comparison of couples who used vasectomy with couples who used oral contraception.…”

La stérilisation masculine

“…Lors de grossesses adultérines, il faut savoir que l'enfant n'est pas protégé par les lois familiales. L'étude de Johnson [15] est significa tive à l'égard des séquelles psychiques, familiales et sociales: sur 83 cas, 7 regrets, 5 grossesses adultérines, 11 patients hospitalisés dans la même année pour affection psychiatrique, 20 divorces (= 25%). (20-30%), comparé à celui des stérilisations féminines: 70% d'après un travail récent que nous avons fait à partir des cas de notre ser vice [25], La dénomination de succès implique ici la notion de grossesse.…”