Evolving management of adolescent varicocele

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-112

  Castagnetti, Marco ^a   Cimador, Marcello ^a   Catalano, Pieralba ^a   DiPace, MariaRita ^a   Sergio, Maria ^a   De Grazia, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler ultrasound; Hydrocele; Laparoscopy; Recurrence; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 40849083768     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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