Retrograde percutaneous sclerotherapy of left idiopathic varicocele in children: Results and follow-up

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 583-587

  Granata, Claudio ^a   Oddone, Mauro ^a   Toma, Paolo ^a   Mattioli, Girolamo ^b  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Sclerotherapy; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDODONTICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE PERCUTANEOUS SCLEROTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPERMATIC VEIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 42149121344     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-008-2124-x     Document Type: Article

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