Predictors of success in surgical ligation of painful varicocele

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-36

  Al Buheissi, S Z ^a,c   Patel, H R ^a,b   Wazait, H D ^a   Miller, R A ^a   Nathan, S ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Surgical approach; Surgical ligation; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; VARICOCELE; VEIN LIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VARICOCELE;

EID: 34447308218     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102910     Document Type: Review

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