VARICOCELE FOR ADOLESCENT – WHOM AND WHEN TO OPERATE
https://doi.org/10.21886/2308-6424-2014-0-1-41-49
Abstract
The article contains a literature review is devoted to the problem of varicocele, tactics of patients with this pathology and the determination of indications for surgical treatment.
About the Authors
V. V. Sizonov
Children's Uro-Andrology Department of Regional Children's Hospital, Rostov-on-Don
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. G. Makarov
Children's Uro-Andrology Department of Regional Children's Hospital, Rostov-on-Don
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
M. I. Kogan
Department of Urology and Human Reproductive Health with a Course of Pediatric Urology-Andrology Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Sizonov V.V., Makarov A.G., Kogan M.I. VARICOCELE FOR ADOLESCENT – WHOM AND WHEN TO OPERATE. Urology Herald. 2014;(1):41-49. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21886/2308-6424-2014-0-1-41-49
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