Impact of inguinal varicocele ligation on testicular volume, sperm parameters, and pregnancy rates

UroToday International Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-

  Mohamed, Mostafa A ^a   Elshiekh, Mohamed G ^a   ElFayoumy, Hany M ^a   Fayad, Amr S ^a   Hussein, Ibrahim F ^a   Hegazy, AbdelRahim E ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Pregnancy rates; Semen parameters; Testicular volume; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951734862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19394810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3834/uij.1944-5784.2011.02.02     Document Type: Article

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