Anatomic and hemodynamic evaluation of renal venous flow in varicocele formation using color Doppler sonography with emphasis on renal vein entrapment syndrome

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-46

  Unlu, Murat ^a   Orguc, Sebnem ^a,b   Serter, Selim ^a   Pekindil, Gokhan ^a   Pabuscu, Yuksel ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Left renal vein entrapment syndrome; Nutcracker phenomenon; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SCROTUM; SUPINE POSITION; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASOUND; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33947109062     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590600796659     Document Type: Article

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