Current controversies in anterior urethral stricture repair: Free-graft versus pedicled skin-flap reconstruction

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Wessells, Hunter ^a,b   McAninch, Jack W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; URETHRA STRICTURE;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; URETHRAL STRICTURE;

EID: 0031609896     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003450050048     Document Type: Article

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