The effect of magnified bilateral varicocele ligation on semen quality and the natural paternity rate in subfertile men, based on the sum of varicocele grading

Arab Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 434-439

  Mohamid, Mamdouh Abdel Hamid ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Density; Microscopic; Motility; Pregnancy; Sperm quality; Subinguinal ligation; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAGNIFIED BILATERAL VARICOCELE LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PATERNITY; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84869387250     PISSN: 2090598X     EISSN: 20905998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aju.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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