Laparoscopic surgery versus antegrade scrotal sclerotherapy: retrospective comparison of two different approaches for varicocele treatment

European Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 384-387

  May, Matthias ^a,b   Johannsen, Manfred ^b   Beutner, Sabine ^a   Helke, Christian ^a   Braun, Kay P ^a   Lein, Michael ^b   Roigas, Jan ^b   Hoschke, Bernd ^a  

^a Carl Thiem Hospital   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antegrade; Laparoscopic; Outcome; Sclerotherapy; Surgery; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCROTUM; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 31944452754     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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