Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 330-332 , October 2008

An old technique for surgery of ‘high’ undescended testis revisited

  • Levent Elemen

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kocaeli University, Medical Faculty, Eski Istanbul Yolu, 41380 Umuttepe, Kocaeli, Turkey. Tel.: +90 542 534 35 51.
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  • Selami Sozubir
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  • Melih Bulut

Received 30 October 2007 ,Accepted 25 February 2008.

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PII: S1477-5131(08)00255-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.02.006

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 330-332 , October 2008

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