Update on the management of adolescent varicocele

The management of adolescent varicocele has evolved over the last 30 years. This article briefly reviews some of the current issues regarding the adolescent varicocele, including (a) the progressive nature of the adolescent varicocele, (b) the degree of asymmetry that necessitates surgery, (c) the w...

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Autores principales: Glassberg, Kenneth I, Korets, Ruslan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicine Reports 2010
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M2-25
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spelling pubmed-29483922010-10-14 Update on the management of adolescent varicocele Glassberg, Kenneth I Korets, Ruslan F1000 Med Rep Review Article The management of adolescent varicocele has evolved over the last 30 years. This article briefly reviews some of the current issues regarding the adolescent varicocele, including (a) the progressive nature of the adolescent varicocele, (b) the degree of asymmetry that necessitates surgery, (c) the wide variability in percentage of repairs performed bilaterally in published adolescent series, and (d) the choice of surgical procedure to be performed. Medicine Reports 2010-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2948392/ /pubmed/20948860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M2-25 Text en © 2010 Medicine Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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title_short Update on the management of adolescent varicocele
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948392/
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