Was fine-needle vasography an obsolete diagnostic method to evaluate ejaculatory duct obstruction? Report of 37 cases

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-193

  Zhao, Liang Yun ^a   Tu, Xiang An ^a   Xiang, Yong ^c   Sun, Xiang Zhou ^b   Deng, Chun Hua ^b  

^a Urology Department   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dongshan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Ejaculatory duct obstruction; Infertility; Radiographic imaging; Transrectal ultrasonography; Vasography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EJACULATION DISORDER; EJACULATORY DUCT; EJACULATORY DUCT OBSTRUCTION; EPIDIDYMIS; FINE NEEDLE VASOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; CONTRAST MEDIA; EJACULATORY DUCTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; NEEDLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957261321     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315055     Document Type: Article

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