Tissue expansion: A promising trend for reconstruction in urology

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-96

  Liatsikos, Evangelos N ^a   Dinlenc, Caner Z ^a   Kapoor, Rakesh ^a   Bernardo, Norberto O ^a   Smith, Arthur D ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; BLADDER SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER DILATATION;

EID: 0034092828     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2000.14.93     Document Type: Article

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