Laparoscopic investigation of 74 cases of nonpalpable testis

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 815-819

  Kato, Masanori ^a   Chiba, Yutaka ^a   Fukuzaki, Atsushi ^a   Konda, Ryuichiro ^a   Orikasa, Seiichi ^a   Maehara, Ikuo ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tohoku Koseinenkin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptorchism; Laparoscopy; Nonpalpable testis

Indexed keywords

ANORCHIA; ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; SPERMATIC VEIN; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030824706     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.88.815     Document Type: Article

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