Effect of performing varicocelectomy before intracytoplasmic sperm injection on clinical outcomes in non-azoospermic males

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-372

  Gokce, Mehmet Ilker ^a   Gülpınar, Ömer ^a   Süer, Evren ^a   Mermerkaya, Murat ^a   Aydos, Kaan ^a   Yaman, Önder ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infertility; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84880757333     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-013-0394-2     Document Type: Article

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