Infrared thermometry for rapid, noninvasive detection of reflux of spermatic vein in varicocele

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1652-1654

  Takada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kitamura, Masaya ^a   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Miki, Tsuneharu ^a   Kiyohara, Hisakazu ^a   Namiki, Mikio ^a,b   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

infertility; infrared rays; male; testis; thermometer; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; THERMOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 0029854060     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65474-0     Document Type: Article

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