Patch urethroplasty using a fascia lata autograft in male rabbits

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-245

  Campodonico, Fabio ^a,c   Michelazzi, A ^a   Ognio, E ^b   Favre, A ^a   Carmignani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fascia lata; Hypospadias; Rabbit; Urethra; Urethral stricture; Urethroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA LATA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOLOGY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; URETHRA; URETHRA MALFORMATION; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROPLASTY; UROTHELIUM; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; FASCIA LATA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MALE; RABBITS; URETHRA;

EID: 0141761410     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072672     Document Type: Article

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