Ensuring vasectomy success: What is the standard?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-640

  Makhlouf, Antoine A ^a   Niederberger, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; CONTRACEPTION; MALPRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 33749502507     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000612     Document Type: Review

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