Vasovasostomy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-107

  Schroeder Printzen, Immo ^a,b   Diemer, Th ^a   Weidner, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Infertility; Microsurgery; Obstructive azoospermia; Vasectomy reversal; Vasovasostomy

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; COST; EVALUATION; FERTILITY; GRANULOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER; LITERATURE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSURGERY; OBSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 0037279613     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068182     Document Type: Article

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