High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of the epididymis in a canine model: A potential alternative to vasectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 621-625

  Roberts, William W ^a   James Wright, E ^a   Fried, Nathaniel M ^a   Nicol, Theresa ^a   Jarrett, Thomas W ^a   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a   Solomon, Stephen B ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DOGS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0036807061     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277902320913341     Document Type: Article

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