Long-term effect of microsurgical inguinal varicocelectomy on testicular blood flow

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-39

  Tarhan, Serdar ^a   Ucer, Oktay ^b   Sahin, M Oguz ^b   Gumus, Bilal ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Manisa State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color doppler sonography; Microsurgery; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79251490667     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.009977     Document Type: Article

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