Use of a prefabricated tunica vaginalis fascia flap to reconstruct the tunica albuginea after recurrent penile prosthesis extrusion

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-132

  Alter, Gary J ^a   Greisman, John ^a   Werthman, Philip E ^a   Seid, Arnold S ^a   Joseph, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Impotence; Penile prosthesis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FASCIA DISEASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUNICA VAGINALIS;

EID: 0031986363     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64034-5     Document Type: Article

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