Microsurgical varicocelectomy for infertile men with oligospermia: Differential effect of bilateral and unilateral varicocele on pregnancy outcomes

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 524-528

  Baazeem, Abdulaziz ^a   Boman, Jason M ^a   Libman, Jamie ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^b   Zini, Armand ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL VARICOCELE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL VARICOCELE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 69849090610     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08431.x     Document Type: Article

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