Primary treatment of painful varicocoele through percutaneous retrograde embolization with fibred coils

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 716-720

  Puche Sanz, I ^a   Flores Martin J F ^a   Vazquez Alonso F ^a   Pardo Moreno, P L ^a   Cozar Olmo J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embolization; Pain; Varicocoele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PAINFUL VARICOCOELE; PERCUTANEOUS RETROGRADE EMBOLIZATION; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL PAIN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VARICOCELE; VEIN RUPTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906061813     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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