Skin migration following periurethral polytetrafluoroethylene injection for urinary incontinence

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-59

  Dewan, P A ^a,b,d   Fraundorfer, M ^c  

^a Urology Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Tauranga Public Hospital   (New Zealand)

^d Women s and Children s Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Polytef; Scleroderma; Teflon

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASE; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SKIN DISEASES; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029690894     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb00708.x     Document Type: Article

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