Varicocele repair for infertility

References

Citations

  1. American Urological Association and American Society of Reproductive Medicine (2001). Report on Varicocele and Infertility (AUA Best Practice Policy/ASRM Practice Committee Report), pp. 1–5. Baltimore: American Urological Association.

  2. Evers JLH, Collins JA (2003). Assessment of efficacy of varicocele repair for male subfertility: A systematic review. Lancet, 361: 1849–1852.

  3. Cayan S, et al. (2002). Can varicocelectomy significantly change the way couples use assisted reproductive technologies? Journal of Urology, 176: 1749–1752.

  4. Speroff L, Fritz MA (2005). Male infertility. In Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 7th ed., pp. 1135–1173. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.



Author: Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH
Carrie Henley
Last Updated: August 16, 2006
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine
Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Femi Olatunbosun, MB, FRCSC - Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine

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