Subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy for male factor subfertility: Ten-year experience

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 334-340

  Leung, L ^a   Ho, K L ^a   Tam, P C ^a   Yiu, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Infertility, male; Microsurgery; Oligospermia; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; SUBINGUINAL MICROSURGICAL VARICOCELECTOMY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

AZOOSPERMIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881057557     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12809/hkmj133884     Document Type: Article

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