Adolescent varicocele repair: Long-term results and comparison of surgical techniques according to optical magnification use in 100 cases at a single university hospital

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2003-2007

  Çayan, Selahittin ^a   Acar, Deniz ^a   Ülger, Süleyman ^a   Akbay, Erdem ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Lenses; Postoperative complications; Urologic surgical procedures, male; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 27544458519     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000176488.44895.7b     Document Type: Article

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