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Technical Tips for Varicocelectomy

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Successful varicocele repair is of utmost importance for infertile couples with varicocele as a cause of male factor infertility. In this chapter, technical tips to increase quality of varicocele repair will be given. For varicocele repair, sub inguinal, inguinal, and retroperitoneal approaches can be used.

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  1. Department of Urology, University of Ankara, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Mehmet İlker Gökçe & Önder Yaman FECS

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Correspondence to Önder Yaman FECS .

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  1. Department of Urology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, United Kingdom

    Abhay Rané

  2. Department of Urology, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

    Burak Turna

  3. Case Western University, University Hospitals Urology Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Riccardo Autorino

  4. Urology, SLK Kliniken, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Jens J. Rassweiler

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Gökçe, M.İ., Yaman, Ö. (2017). Technical Tips for Varicocelectomy. In: Rané, A., Turna, B., Autorino, R., Rassweiler, J. (eds) Practical Tips in Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4348-2_16

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