Effectiveness of primary inguinal orchiopexy as treatment of non-palpable testes in the first two years of age

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-248

  Canavese, F ^a   Lala, R ^a   Valfre L ^a   Vinardi, S ^a   Bianco, E ^a   Cortese, M G ^a  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Infant; Testis

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONPALPABLE TESTIS; ORCHIDOPEXY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; CRYPTORCHIDISM; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 77955393564     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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