The effects of mesh bioprosthesis on the spermatic cord structures: A preliminary report in a canine model

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1344-1349

  Uzzo, Robert G ^a   Lemack, Gary E ^a   Morrissey, Kevin P ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Fertility; Hernia; Mesh; Vas

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HERNIORRHAPHY; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032872198     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61681-1     Document Type: Article

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