Letter to the Editor: How Can We Predict a Successful Outcome after Varicocelectomy in Painful Varicocele Patients? An Updated Meta-Analysis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.
² Department of Urology, The Catholic University of Korea, St. Vincent's Hospital, Suwon, Korea. LDS@catholic.ac.kr.

Comment

Yu Seob Shin et al. World J Mens Health. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;39(4):818-819.

doi: 10.5534/wjmh.200023. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

¹ Department of Urology, Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.
² Department of Urology, The Catholic University of Korea, St. Vincent's Hospital, Suwon, Korea. LDS@catholic.ac.kr.

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Conflict of interest statement

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