Safety and Efficacy of Intratesticular Injection of Vital Dyes for Lymphatic Preservation During Varicocelectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1026-1030

  Makari, John H ^a,b   Atalla, Mohamed A ^a,b   Belman, A Barry ^a,b   Rushton, H Gil ^a,b   Kumar, Shimareet ^a   Pohl, Hans G ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

fibrosis; lymphocele; testicular hydrocele; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CALCINOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; HYALINE DEGENERATION; HYDROCELE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAFETY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATIC CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VITAL STAIN;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; INJECTIONS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROSANILINE DYES; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; TRYPAN BLUE; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VARICOCELE;

EID: 34547659659     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.072     Document Type: Article

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