Controlled trial of high spermatic vein ligation for varicocele in infertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 120-124

  Madgar, I ^a   Weissenberg, R ^a   Lunenfeld, B ^a   Karasik, A ^a   Goldwasser, B ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

fertility; high spermatic vein ligation; Male infertility; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0028861217     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57306-3     Document Type: Article

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