Treatment of varicocele in subfertile men: The cochrane review - A contrary opinion

European Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-263

  Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a,b   Cerruto, Maria Angela ^a   Liguori, Giovanni ^a   Mazzoni, Guglielmo ^a   Minucci, Sergio ^a   Tracia, Angelo ^a   Gentile, Vincenzo ^a  

^a Italian Varicocele Study Group of the Italian Society of Andrology (SIA)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Subfertile men; Systematic revision; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGATION; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEMEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; VARICOCELE;

EID: 32044457161     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.11.023     Document Type: Review

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