Reproductive surgery

Reproductive surgery
SpecialtyReproductive medicine
Reproductive Surgeon
Occupation
Names
  • Physician
  • Surgeon
Occupation type
Specialty
Activity sectors
Medicine, Surgery
Description
Education required
Fields of
employment
Hospitals, Clinics

Reproductive surgery is surgery in the field of reproductive medicine. It can be used for contraception, e.g. in vasectomy, wherein the vasa deferentia of a male are severed, but is also used plentifully in assisted reproductive technology. Reproductive surgery is generally divided into three categories: surgery for infertility, in vitro fertilization, and fertility preservation.[1]

A reproductive surgeon is an obstetrician-gynecologist or urologist who specializes in reproductive surgery.[2]

Reproductive surgeries will be referred to based on biological sex, and terms such male and female will be used to denote to men and women respectively.

  1. ^ Tulandi T, Marzal A (2012). "Redefining reproductive surgery". Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 19 (3): 296–306. doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2012.01.010. PMID 22348901.
  2. ^ "Reproductive Surgeon". Glossary. The InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination (INCIID). 4 May 2004. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008.