Simultaneous Vasectomy and Varicocelectomy: Indications and Technique

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 362-365

  Lee, Richard K ^a   Li, Philip S ^a,b   Goldstein, Marc ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOCELE; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; VARICOCELE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 34548494187     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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