Microsurgical Reconstruction of Iatrogenic Injuries to the Epididymis From Hydrocelectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2077-2080

  Hopps, Carin V ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

epididymis; hydrocele; infertility; intraoperative complications; male; testis

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDIDYMIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33750353939     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.042     Document Type: Article

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