The Journal of Urology
Volume 170, Issue 6, Part 1 , Pages 2366-2370 , December 2003

Intraoperative Varicocele Anatomy: A Microscopic Study of the Inguinal Versus Subinguinal Approach

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 Accepted for publication June 20, 2003.

PII: S0022-5347(05)62846-7

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000097400.67715.f8

The Journal of Urology
Volume 170, Issue 6, Part 1 , Pages 2366-2370 , December 2003