Youth varicocele and varicocele treatment: A meta-analysis of semen outcomes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Nork, Justin J ^a   Berger, Jonathan H ^a   Crain, Donald S ^a   Christman, Matthew S ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

semen analysis; varicocele; varicocele treatment; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRESS; SURGICAL APPROACH; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELE TREATMENT; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CELL SHAPE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905435095     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.04.049     Document Type: Review

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