Microsurgical spermatocelectomy: Technique and outcomes of a novel surgical approach

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 238-242

  Kauffman, Eric C ^a   Kim, Howard H ^a   Tanrikut, Cigdem ^c   Goldstein, Marc ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Microsurgery; Sperm count; Spermatocele; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPIDIDYMAL CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCELE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCROTAL HEMATOMA; SCROTAL PAIN; SPERMATOCELE; SPERMATOCELECTOMY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOCELE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649983187     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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