Microsurgical Denervation of the Spermatic Cord for Chronic Orchialgia: Long-Term Results From a Single Center

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 949-953

  Strom, Kurt H ^a   Levine, Laurence A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

denervation; pain; spermatic cord; testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SCROTAL PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS ATROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENERVATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48649089453     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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