Microsurgical inguinal varicocelectomy with and without testicular delivery

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1323-1326

  Ramasamy, Ranjith ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LIGATION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RECURRENCE; SEMEN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33845312660     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.08.1113     Document Type: Article

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