Optimizing the operative treatment of boys with varicocele: Sequential comparison of 4 techniques

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 666-668

  Riccabona, Marcus ^a,b   Oswald, Josef ^a,b   Koen, Mark ^a,b   Lusuardi, Lukas ^a,b   Radmayr, Christian ^a,b   Bartsch, Georg ^a,b  

^a Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Wien Betriebsgesellschaft   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hydrocele; Lymphatic system; Testis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL REGION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARICOCELE; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0037304485     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)63988-2     Document Type: Article

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