Ultrasonographic parameters of the spermatic veins at the inguinal and scrotal levels in varicocele diagnosis and post-operative repair

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-213

  El Haggar, S ^a   Nassef, S ^a   Gadalla, A ^a   Latif, A ^a   Mostafa, T ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler; Male infertility; Semen; Ultrasonography; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCROTUM; SPERM; SPERMATIC VEIN; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84860232332     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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