Is there an increased risk of the vas deferens occlusion after mesh inguinal hernioplasty and what can we do about it? [3]

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-154

  Witkowski, Piotr ^a,b   Trabucco, Ermanno E ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c Trabucco Hernia Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; DISSECTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INGUINAL REGION; LETTER; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERMATIC CORD; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUTURING METHOD; VAS DEFERENS;

GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33845962745     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000245517.03031.d7     Document Type: Letter

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