Comparison of the results and complications of retroperitoneal, microsurgical subinguinal, and high inguinal approaches in the treatment of varicoceles

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1387-1393

  Shiraishi, Koji ^a   Oka, Shintaro ^a   Ito, Hideaki ^a   Matsuyama, And Hideyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Spermatogenesis; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH INGUINAL VARICOCELECTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGICAL SUBINGUINAL VARICOCELECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL VARICOCELECTOMY; SCROTAL PAIN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84874441813     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.112.016444     Document Type: Article

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