Is adolescent varicocelectomy safe after previous inguinal surgery?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 1716-1721

  Woldu, Solomon L ^a   Van Batavia, Jason P ^a   Poon, Stephen A ^a   Raimondi, Peter M ^a   Glassberg, Kenneth I ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

hernia; orchiopexy; testicular hydrocele; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; ATROPHY; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; CHILD; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 77955060747     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.123     Document Type: Article

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