Gracilis urethral myoplasty: Preliminary experience using an autologous urinary sphincter for post-prostatectomy incontinence

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1372-1375

  Chancellor, Michael B ^a   Watanabe, Toyohiko ^a   Rivas, David A ^a   Hong, Robert D ^a   Kumon, Hiromi ^a   Ozawa, Hideo ^a   Bourgeois, Ivan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Muscles; Prostatic neoplasms; Tissue transplantation; Urethra; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CASE REPORT; CYSTOSCOPY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROSCOPY; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0030750960     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199710000-00014     Document Type: Article

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