Beneficial effects of microsurgical varicocelectomy on semen parameters in patients who underwent surgery for causes other than infertility

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1107-1110

  Cho, Sung Yong ^a,b   Kim, Tae Beom ^a,b   Ku, Ja Hyeon ^a,b   Paick, Jae Seung ^a,b   Kim, Soo Woong ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TERATOSPERMIA; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955637718     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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