Hemodynamic evaluation of varicocele: The role of scrotal scintigraphy and Doppler ultrasonography in the prediction of postoperative seminal improvement

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 529-534

  Ortapamuk, Hulya ^a,b   Tekdogan, Umit Yener ^a   Naldoken, Seniha ^a   Bulut, Suleyman ^a   Atan, Ali ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Infertility; Scrotal scintigraphy; Semen; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCROTUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 31544445236     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 09147187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985044     Document Type: Article

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