Combined laparoscopic and microsurgical techniques for testicular autotransplantation: Is this still an evolving technique?

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 555-558

  Kelley, Brian P ^a   Higuera, Stephen ^a   Cisek, Lawerence J ^a   Friedman, Jefferey ^b   Heller, Lior ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

autotransplantation; Laparoscopic; microsurgery; testicular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTICULAR AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77956958812     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1262950     Document Type: Article

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