Outcomes for vasovasostomy with bilateral intravasal azoospermia

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-24

  Kolettis, Peter N ^a,b   D'Amico, Anna M ^a   Box, Lyndon ^a   Burns, John R ^a  

^a Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Vasectomy reversal; Vasoepididymostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VAS DEFERENS; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 3142618152     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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