The Journal of Urology
Volume 172, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1742-1745 , October 2004

INITIAL SCROTAL INCISION FOR UNILATERAL NONPALPABLE TESTIS

  • WARREN SNODGRASS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Division of Pediatric Urology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 6300 Harry Hines Blvd., Suite 1401, Dallas, Texas 75235 (telephone: 214-456-2481; FAX: 214-456-8803)
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  • KECHI CHEN
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  • CLANTON HARRISON

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 Papers Presented at Annual Meeting of the Section on Urology, American Academy of Pediatrics

PII: S0022-5347(05)61351-1

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000140211.71113.58

The Journal of Urology
Volume 172, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1742-1745 , October 2004