Duration of preoperative scrotal pain may predict the success of microsurgical varicocelectomy

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-58

  Altunoluk, Bulent ^a   Soylemez, Haluk ^b   Efe, Erkan ^a   Malkoc, Onder ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Military Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Microsurgery; Outcome assessment; Pain; Testis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCROTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCROTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953893942     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382010000100009     Document Type: Article

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