Therapeutic efficacy and safety of laparoscopic surgery versus microsurgery for varicocele of adult males

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 96, Issue 34, 2017, Pages

  Wu, Xueliang ^a   Liu, Qingbo ^a   Zhang, Ruiming ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Gao, Yong ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

laparoscopy; meta analysis; microsurgery; systemic review; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; CNKI DATABASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; VARICOCELE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 85028718549     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000007818     Document Type: Review

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