Penile reconstruction combined with bladder closure in the management of classic bladder exstrophy: Illustration of technique

Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 764-770

  Gearhart, John P ^a,b   Mathews, Ranjiv ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPISPADIAS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPISPADIAS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 0034185540     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00458-1     Document Type: Article

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