Surgery is inadvisable: Massive varicocele due to portal hypertension

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 852-854

  Schulte Baukloh, Heinrich ^a   Kämmer, Jorg ^a   Felfe, Rainer ^a   Stürzebecher, Burkard ^a   Knispel, Helmut H ^a  

^a St Hedwig Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign intrascrotal lesion; Portal hypertension; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOCELE;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOCELE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 28444487932     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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