The effect of microsurgical varicocelectomy on semen parameters in men with non-obstructive azoospermia

Current Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 136-140

  Kiraç, Mustafa ^a   Deniz, Nuri ^a   Biri, Hasan ^b  

^a Koru Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Microsurgery; Motile sperm; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL SUBINGUINAL VARICOCELECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84873806481     PISSN: 16617649     EISSN: 16617657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343527     Document Type: Article

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