Outcomes for vasectomy reversal performed after obstructive intervals of at least 10 years

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 885-888

  Kolettis, Peter N ^a,c   Sabanegh, Edmund S ^b   D'amico, Anna M ^a   Box, Lyndon ^a   Sebesta, Michael ^b   Burns, John R ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; MICROSURGERY; OBSTRUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGEON; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 0036846621     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01888-5     Document Type: Article

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