Varicocelectomy for Male Infertility: A Comparative Study of Open, Laparoscopic and Microsurgical Approaches

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 266-270

  Al Said, Sami ^a   Al Naimi, Abdulla ^a   Al Ansari, Abdulla ^a   Younis, Nagy ^a   Shamsodini, Ahmed ^a   A sadiq, Khalid ^a   Shokeir, Ahmed A ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

infertility; laparoscopy; male; microsurgery; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS ATROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 46549088298     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.03.050     Document Type: Article

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