Laparoscopic evaluation and the management of the nonpalpable testis

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-74

  Koyama, Toshiki ^a   Nonomura, Katsuya ^a   Ameda, Kaname ^a   Kakizaki, Hidehiro ^a   Matsugase, Yasukuni ^a   Shinno, Yuichiro ^a   Kanno, Takayuki ^a   Yamashita, Tetsufumi ^a   Murakumo, Masashi ^a   Koyanagi, Tomohiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Inguinal exploration; Laparoscopy; Nonpalpable testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS;

EID: 12644287513     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/DTE.4.69     Document Type: Article

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