Safety and Effectiveness of Transcatheter Foam Sclerotherapy for Testicular Varicocele with a Fluoroscopic Tracing Technique

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 824-828

  Li, Long ^a   Zeng, Xin Qiao ^b   Li, Yan Hao ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Corps Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MORRHUATE SODIUM; GAS; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICOCELE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TESTICULAR DISEASES; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952551499     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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