Open Versus Laparoscopic Staged Fowler-Stephens Orchiopexy: Impact of Long Loop Vas

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2435-2439

  Dave, Sumit ^a   Manaboriboon, Numchai ^a   Braga, Luis H P ^a   Lorenzo, Armando J ^a   Farhat, Walid A ^a   Bägli, Darius J ^a   Khoury, Antoine E ^a   Salle, Joao L Pippi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

cryptorchidism; laparoscopy; male; testis; urologic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOLLOW UP; FOWLER STEPHEN ORCHIOPEXY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG LOOP VAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; ORCHIDOPEXY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; CRYPTORCHISM; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VAS DEFERENS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 70350438218     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.07.050     Document Type: Article

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