Older age is associated with similar improvements in semen parameters and testosterone after subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 620-625

  Hsiao, Wayland ^a,b   Rosoff, James S ^a   Pale, Joseph R ^a   Greenwood, Eleni A ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; hypogonadism; infertility, male; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SUBINGUINAL MICROSURGICAL VARICOCELECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 78651303961     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.114     Document Type: Article

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