Laparoscopic orchidopexy: One-stage alternative for non-palpable testes

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-118

  Al Shareef, Zain H ^a,b   Al Shlash, Saud ^b   Koneru, Seshagiri R ^b   Towu, Emmanuel ^b   Al Dhohayan, Abdullah ^a,b   Al Brekett, Khalid ^b  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b NORTH WEST ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children; Laparoscopic orchidopexy; Laparoscopy; Non palpable; Undescended testes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIDOPEXY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029963301     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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