Effect of varicocelectomy on patients with unobstructive azoospermia and severe oligospermia

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-218

  Ishikawa, Tomomoto ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^a   Yamaguchi, Kohei ^a   Sakamoto, Yuichi ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Ligation; Severe oligospermia; Spermatogenesis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VARICOCELE;

EID: 37349057817     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07279.x     Document Type: Article

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