Retrograde embolisation of varicocele in the paediatric age group: A review of 10 years' practice

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-51

  Sivanathan, C ^a   Abernethy, Laurence J ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome; Therapeutic embolisation; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LEG PAIN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGIST; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VEIN LIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0037226772     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403321001453     Document Type: Article

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