Spontaneous pregnancy rates in Chinese men undergoing microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy and possible preoperative factors affecting the outcomes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 635-639

  Peng, Jing ^a   Zhang, Zhichao ^a   Cui, Wanshou ^a   Yuan, Yiming ^a   Song, Weidong ^a   Gao, Bing ^a   Xin, Zhongcheng ^a   Zhu, Sainan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Male infertility; microsurgery; pregnancy; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; INGUINAL CANAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926200716     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.12.091     Document Type: Article

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