Impact of internal spermatic artery preservation during laparoscopic varicocelectomy on recurrence and the catch-up growth rate in adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 435-440

  Park, S ^a,c   Kim, K S ^a   Lee, C ^a   Song, S H ^a   Cho, S J ^b   Moon, K H ^a   Ryu, D S ^d  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Internal spermatic artery; Laparoscopy; Recurrence; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INTERNAL SPERMATIC ARTERY PRESERVATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC VARICOCELECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VEIN LIGATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; NURSING; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84902289785     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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