Predictive parameters for microsurgical reconstruction

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 913-919

  Nagler, Harris M ^a,b   Rotman, Michael ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 0036866776     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00094-0     Document Type: Review

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