Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
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Mark’s wife has five children and wants him to undergo vasectomy and Mark is worried that he will dry up. Moreover, he is afraid that his sexual performance will be hampered. The reason behind organ will function normally after vasectomy.
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Vasectomy is the male sterilization process by which individual is not capable of further reproduction. Vasectomy means to cut out or seal the tube. In this process, a small section of ductus deferens of each side is surgically removed in males.
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