Fistula formation after implanting an ePTFE membrane: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 184-187

  Monteforte, Carlo A ^a   Queirazza, Renzo ^b   Franceschetti, Paolo ^b   Herbst, T J ^b  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bladder fistula; myoma; polytetrafluoroethylene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLADDER FISTULA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MICTURITION DISORDER; PAIN; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PAIN; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; URINARY BLADDER FISTULA; URINATION DISORDERS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030900025     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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