Cost-effectiveness analysis reveals microsurgical varicocele repair is superior to percutaneous embolization in the treatment of male infertility
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The cost-effectiveness of treatment for varicocele related infertility.
PURPOSE We compared the cost-effectiveness of 4 treatment strategies for varicocele related infertility from the perspective of the health care payor and patient. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cost-effectiveness analysis was performed by studying 4 treatment strategies, namely observation, surgical varicocelectomy followed by in vitro fertilization (IVF) if unsuccessful, gonadotropin stimulated intra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Urological Association Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1920-1214
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.1873