Varicocele surgery: 10 Years of experience in two pediatric surgical centers

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-525

  Niyogi, Anindya ^a   Singh, Shalini ^b   Zaman, Azrina ^c   Khan, Ayesha ^a   Nicoara, Cezar ^a   Haddad, Munther ^a   Madden, Nicholas ^a   Clarke, Simon A ^a   Mathur, Azad ^b   Tsang, Thomas ^b   Kulkarni, Milind ^b   Minocha, Ashish ^b   DeCaluwé, Diane ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIGATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84862006409     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2011.0531     Document Type: Article

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