Varicocele surgery: A decade's experience at a children's hospital

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-249

  Diamond, David A ^a   Xuewu, Jiang ^a   Cilento Jr , Bartley G ^a   Bauer, Stuart B ^a   Peters, Craig A ^a   Borer, Joseph G ^a   Mandell, James ^a   Cendron, Marc ^a   Rosoklija, Ilina ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Retik, Alan B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Spermatic vein ligation; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC VEIN; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650624059     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08288.x     Document Type: Article

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