Focus on paediatric and adolescent varicocoele: A single institution experience

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 700-705

  Cimador, M ^a   Pensabene, M ^a   Sergio, M ^a   Caruso, A M ^a   De Grazia, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Laparoscopy; Paediatric; Ultrasound; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA VAGINALIS; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VARICOCELE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84866152925     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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