Post-surgical recurrent varicocele: Efficacy of internal spermatic venography and steel-coil embolization

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 124-128

  Plinekar, S V ^a   Prem, A R ^a   Ridhorkar, V R ^a   Deshmukh, H L ^a   Kelkar, A R ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Recurrent varicocele; Spermatic venography; Varicocele; Varicocele embolization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPERMATIC CORD; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0030053769     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.82321.x     Document Type: Article

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