Microsurgical Varicocelectomy for Isolated Asthenospermia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2129-2132

  Boman, Jason M ^a   Libman, Jamie ^a   Zini, Armand ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

infertility, male; reproductive techniques, assisted; sperm motility; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 53249097324     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.07.046     Document Type: Article

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