Fertility outcome after repeat vasoepididymostomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1626-1628

  Pasqualotto, Fabio F ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Srivastava, Meena ^a   Nelson, David R ^a   Thomas Jr , Anthony J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Infertility; Male; Reoperation; Spermatozoa; Sterilization reversal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBSTRUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032828978     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68182-7     Document Type: Article

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