Variations in the management of asymptomatic adolescent grade 2 or 3 left varicoceles: A survey of practitioners

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 430-434

  Coutinho, Karl ^a,b   McLeod, Daryl ^a,b   Stensland, Kristian ^a,b   Stock, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kravis Childrens Hospital at Mount Sinai   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Fertility; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORCHIDOMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SCROTAL SONOGRAPHY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; UROLOGIST; VARICOCELE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902264999     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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