The Effects of Artery-Ligating and Artery-Preserving Varicocelectomy on the Ipsilateral Testes in Rats

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1179-1184

  Zheng, Yi Qun ^a   Zhang, Xiao Bin ^a   Zhou, Jiang Qiao ^a   Cheng, Fan ^a   Rao, Ting ^a   Yao, Yi ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATING VARICOCELECTOMY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY PRESERVING VARICOCELECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VARICOCELE; VEIN DIAMETER;

ANIMALS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; LIGATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 54449092074     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.03.035     Document Type: Article

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