Preoperative ultrasonographic evaluation of testicular volume and blood flow in patients with inguinal hernias

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1657-1666

  Turgut, Ahmet T ^a,d   Ölçücüoǧlu, Esin ^a   Turan, Ceyda ^a   Kiliçoǧlu, Bülent ^a   Koşar, Pinar ^a   Geyik, Pinar Ö ^b   Koşar, Uǧur ^a   Dogra, Vikram ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Doppler ultrasonography; Inguinal hernia; Resistive index; Testis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; INGUINAL HERNIA; RESISTIVE INDEX; TESTIS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 36749007689     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.12.1657     Document Type: Article

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