Safety and efficiency of laparoscopic varicocelectomy in one hundred consecutive cases

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 213-217

  Iselin, C E ^a   Almagbaly, U ^b   Borst, F ^c   Rohner, S ^a   Schmidlin, F ^a   Campana, A ^a,b  

^a Urological Center   (Switzerland)

^b Infertility Clinic   (Switzerland)

^c Hospital Informatics Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy Infertility; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0030812130     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282986     Document Type: Article

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