Unilateral spermatic vessel ligation in prepubertal rats decreases microvascular blood flow to ipsilateral testis postpubertally

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 395-399

  Srinivas, M ^a   Kilmartin, Barry ^a   Basham, Philip ^b   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Perimed UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fowler Stephens maneuver; Laser Doppler; Orchidopexy; Testis; Vessel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROPERITONEUM; SCROTUM; SKIN INCISION; SPERMATIC VEIN; VEIN LIGATION;

ANIMALS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 0041377735     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-003-1018-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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