The effect of retroperitoneal fat tissue thickness on testicular venous drainage

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-97

  Celiktas, Medih ^a   Aikimbaev, Kairgeldy ^a   Aridogan, I Atilla ^a   Soyupak, Sureyya ^a   Inal, Mehmet ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Retroperitoneum; Testis; Venous drainage

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BODY MASS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FAT; TESTIS; THICKNESS; VARICOCELE; VEIN;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BROMHEXINE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS; VARICOCELE; VEINS;

EID: 68549132554     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000224876     Document Type: Article

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