Unilateral idiopathic hydrocele has a substantial effect on the ipsilateral testicular geometry and resistivity indices

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 837-843

  Turgut, Ahmet Tuncay ^a,e   Ünsal, Alparslan ^b,c   Özden, Eriz ^d   Kosar, Pinar ^a   Kosar, Ugur ^a   Emir, Levent ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation and Care Center   (Turkey)

^c ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Hydrocele; Testis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; GEOMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HYDROCELE; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; SCROTUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33745686535     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.7.837     Document Type: Article

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