Update on treatment of varicocele: Counselling as effective as occlusion of the vena spermatica

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2147-2150

  Nieschlag, E ^a,b   Hertle, L ^a   Fischedick, A ^a   Abshagen, K ^a   Behre, H M ^a  

^a Clemenshospital Munster   (Germany)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Counselling; Infertility; Randomized study; Surgery; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VARICOCELE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0031669992     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.8.2147     Document Type: Article

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