Evaluation and Management of the Adolescent Varicocele

Journal of Urology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1194-1201

  Kolon, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; infertility; semen analysis; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT VARICOCELE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTROPHY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; ORCHIDOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTAL SWELLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTICULAR HYPOTROPHY; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FERTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84943664862     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.06.079     Document Type: Review

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