Varicocele and Male Infertility: Current Issues in Management-A Review
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Varicocele and Male Infertility: Current Issues in Management-A Review
Varicocele is the most common correctable cause of male factor infertility. The role of varicocele in the etiology of male infertility is still controversial regarding to whom varicocelectomy should be done and the selection should be meticulous. With the recent advances in biomolecular and development of novel sperm functional tests, it has been possible to better understand the mechanism invo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical & Surgical Urology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2168-9857
DOI: 10.4172/2168-9857.1000137