Testicular Catch-up Growth After Varicocelectomy: Does Surgical Technique Make a Difference?

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-292

  Zampieri, Nicola ^a   Mantovani, Alberto ^a   Ottolenghi, Alberto ^a   Camoglio, Francesco Saverio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 58649114521     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.07.039     Document Type: Article

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