Are there adverse effects of herniorrhaphy techniques on testicular perfusion? Evaluation by color doppler ultrasonography

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-169

  Dilek, Osman Nuri ^a   Yucel, Aylin ^a   Akbulut, Gokhan ^a   Degirmenci, Bumin ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hernia; Testis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 23944522786     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087172     Document Type: Article

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