Laparoscopic orchidopexy: the easy way to go

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2168-2172

  Burjonrappa, Sathyaprasad C ^a   Al Hazmi, Hamdan ^b   Barrieras, Diego ^b   Houle, Anne Marie ^b   Franc Guimond, Julie ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fowler Stephens; Laparoscopic; Orchidopexy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHISM; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL TESTIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORCHIDOPEXY; OUTPATIENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTAL HEMATOMA; SCROTUM ABSCESS; SCROTUM DISORDER; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORCHIOPEXY; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 70449921664     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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