Robotic microsurgery 2011: Male infertility, chronic testicular pain, postvasectomy pain, sports hernia pain and phantom pain

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-126

  Parekattil, Sijo J ^a   Cohen, Marc S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denervation of spermatic cord; groin pain; neurolysis; phantom pain; postvasectomy pain; reversal; robotic; sports hernia pain; vascular anastomosis; vasectomy; vasoepididymostomy; vasovasostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC SCROTAL PAIN; DENERVATION; ELECTROSURGERY; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; ORCHIECTOMY; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTIC MICROSURGERY; SCROTAL PAIN; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VARICOCELECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

HERNIA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PAIN; PHANTOM LIMB; ROBOTICS; TESTIS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 79951642716     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3283435ac4     Document Type: Article

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