Transurethral resection of cystic and non-cystic ejaculatory duct obstructions

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 196-200

  Popken, G ^a,b   Wetterauer, U ^a   Schultze Seemann, W ^a   Deckart, A ^a   Sommerkamp, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Ejaculatory duct obstructions; Infertility; Transurethral resection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EJACULATORY DUCT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; PAIN; PREGNANCY RATE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SYMPTOM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; EJACULATORY DUCTS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031686192     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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