Muscular, myocutaneous, and fasciocutaneous flaps in complex urethral reconstruction

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 443-466

  Zinman, Leonard ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETERIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROTOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 0036586672     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00032-0     Document Type: Review

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