Hypoplastic gonadal vessels exiting the deep ring during laparoscopy for impalpable testes: When is inguinal exploration necessary?

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-106

  Khairi, Ahmed ^a,c   Shehata, Sameh ^a   Al Azim, Mohamed Abd ^a   Soliman, Sherif ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Dallah Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASTIC VESSEL; IMPALPABLE TESTIS; INFANT; INGUINAL CANAL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORCHIDOPEXY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE; VAGINA PROCESS; VAS DEFERENS;

BLOOD VESSELS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; INGUINAL CANAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 60549092735     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2008.0187     Document Type: Article

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