Male varicocele: Transcatheter foam sclerotherapy with sodium tetradecyl sulfate - Outcome in 244 patients

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 612-618

  Gandini, Roberto ^a   Konda, Daniel ^a   Reale, Carlo Andrea ^a   Pampana, Enrico ^a   Maresca, Luciano ^a   Spinelli, Alessio ^a   Stefanini, Matteo ^a   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; TRANSCATHETER FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CATHETERIZATION; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 39549091287     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2462061295     Document Type: Article

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