The multiple reoperative bladder exstrophy closure: What affects the potential of the bladder?

Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 240-243

  Gearhart, John P ^a   Ben Chaim, Jacob ^a   Sciortino, Christopher ^a   Sponseller, Paul D ^a   Jeffs, Robert D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0029959941     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)80424-5     Document Type: Article

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