Ultrasound examination and biopsy of the nonaffected testis was performed in 78 men with a unilateral testicular cancer. Each testis was measured in three planes and the volume was calculated using the formula of an ellipsoid. The ultrasonic texture of each testis was given a score ranging from 1 to
Management of the contralateral testicle in patients with unilateral testicular cancer
β Scribed by Eugene K. Lee; Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0724-4983
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