Varicocele in younger as risk factor for inguinal hernia and for chronic venous disease in older: Preliminary results of a prospective cohort study

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-331

  Serra, Raffaele ^a   Buffone, Gianluca ^a   Costanzo, Giuseppe ^a   Montemurro, Rossella ^a   Perri, Paolo ^a   Damiano, Rocco ^a   De Franciscis, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARICOCELE; VEIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875214746     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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