Varicocelectomy in men with nonobstructive azoospermia: Is it beneficial?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-360

  Youssef, Tamer ^a   Abd Elaal, Ebraheim ^a   Gaballah, Ghada ^a   Elhanbly, Samir ^a   Eldosoky, Ebraheim ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Infertility; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS BIOPSY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIGATION; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VARICOCELE;

EID: 68949163083     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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