Is the presence of venous reflux really significant in the diagnosis of varicocele?

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 983-987

  Zumrutbas, Ali E ^a   Resorlu, Berkan ^a   Yesil, Mesut ^a   Yaman, Onder ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Varicocele; Venous reflux

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTAL SWELLING; VARICOCELE; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 56249096174     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-008-9397-9     Document Type: Article

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