Elevation of testicular temperature predicts testicular catch-up growth and hypotrophy after varicocelectomy and observation in adolescent varicocele

Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 205-209

  Shiraishi, Koji ^a   Matsuyama, Hideyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTROPHY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84879552988     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.01.043     Document Type: Article

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