Time for improvement in semen parameters after varicocelectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-231

  Al Bakri, Ayman ^a   Lo, Kirk ^a   Grober, Ethan ^a   Cassidy, Darby ^a   Cardoso, Joao Paulo ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

spermatozoa; time factors; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555164633     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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