The Journal of Urology
Volume 159, Issue 6 , Pages 2132-2135 , June 1998

LAPAROSCOPIC ORCHIOPEXY: PROCEDURE OF CHOICE FOR THE NONPALPABLE TESTIS?

,Accepted 23 January 1998.

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 Read at annual meeting of American Urological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 12-17, 1997.

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The Journal of Urology
Volume 159, Issue 6 , Pages 2132-2135 , June 1998

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