Efficacy of Bilateral and Left Varicocelectomy in Infertile Men With Left Clinical and Right Subclinical Varicoceles: A Comparative Study

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1236-1240

  Zheng, Yi Qun ^a   Gao, Xin ^a   Li, Zhi Jian ^a   Yu, Yuan Long ^a   Zhang, Zhi Gang ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 67349263878     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.11.050     Document Type: Article

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