Is selective internal spermatic venography necessary in detecting recurrent varicocele after surgical repair?

European Urology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 404-408

  Tefekli, Ahmet ^a   Cayan, Selahittin ^a   Uluocak, Nihat ^a   Poyanli, Arzu ^a   Alp, Turgut ^a   Kadioǧlu, Ateş ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infertility; Recurrence; Surgical treatment; Ultrasonography; Varicocele; Venography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATIC VEIN; VARICOCELE; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SCROTUM; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0035670924     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049807     Document Type: Article

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