Emerging trends in the management of the impalpable testis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1280-1283

  Flett, M E ^a   Jones, P F ^a   Youngson, G G ^a  

^a ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORCHIA; ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0032877224     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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