Is varicocele treatment useful?

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-44

  Lukkarinen, O ^a   Hellstrom P ^a   Leinonen, S ^b   Juntunen, K ^b  

^a Urological Unit   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; SCROTAL PAIN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PAIN; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS ATROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; AGED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0030910221     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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