Outcomes of microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy for painful varicoceles

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 872-875

  Kim, Sun Ouck ^a   Jung, Hosuck ^a   Park, Kwangsung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Microsurgery; Pain; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAINFUL VARICOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862176498     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.014993     Document Type: Article

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