Penile replantation using the leech Hirudo medicinalis

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 953-956

  Pantuck, Allan J ^a   Lobis, Michael R ^a   Ciocca, Rocco ^a   Weiss, Robert E ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HIRUDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LEECH; MALE; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URETHROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEECHES; MALE; PENIS; REPLANTATION;

EID: 0030455691     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00318-4     Document Type: Article

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