Herniorrhaphy with polypropylene mesh causing inguinal vasal obstruction: A preventable cause of obstructive azoospermia

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 553-558

  Shin, David ^a   Lipshultz, Larry I ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^b   Barmé, Gregory A ^c   Fuchs, Eugene F ^d   Nagler, Harris M ^e   McCallum, Stewart W ^f   Niederberger, Craig S ^g   Schoor, Richard A ^b   Brugh III, Victor M ^c   Honig, Stanton C ^h,i,j  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j Urology Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; FIBROBLAST; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; INGUINAL VASAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS BIOPSY; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 20144376463     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000157318.13975.2a     Document Type: Article

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