Mechanism, assessment, and incidence of male infertility after inguinal hernia surgery: A review of the preclinical and clinical literature

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-509

  Tekatli, Hilâl ^a   Schouten, Nelleke ^a   Van Dalen, Thijs ^a   Burgmans, Ine ^a   Smakman, Niels ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hernia surgery; Herniorrhaphy; Infertility; Inguinal hernia; Mesh repair; Review

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; GONAD FUNCTION; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS INJURY; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORCHITIS; PAIN; SPERMATIC CORD; SURGICAL MESH; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 84866733514     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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