Five year follow-up testicular growth results after orchiopexy in palpable cryptorchid testis

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Lim, Hwa Su ^a   Kim, Hyun Tae ^a   Moon, Ki Hak ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Follow up studies; Orchiopexy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORCHIDOPEXY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SCROTUM; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 41549115900     PISSN: 04944747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2008.49.3.271     Document Type: Article

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