Single scrotal incision orchiopexy for palpable undescended testis

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-27

  Handa, Rakesh ^a,b   Kale, Ravi ^a   Harjai, Manmohan ^a   Minocha, Ashish ^a  

^a ARMY HOSPITAL RESEARCH AND REFERRAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Orchiopexy; Patent processus vaginalis; Scrotum; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIANCHI SINGLE SCROTAL INCISION ORCHIOPEXY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGATION; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; SAFETY; SCROTUM; SINGLE SCROTAL INCISION ORCHIOPEXY; SKIN INCISION; STANDARD; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 30944461543     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60289-X     Document Type: Article

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