Female exstrophy: Failure of initial reconstruction and its implications for continence

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2428-2431

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

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bladder exstrophy; Female; Osteotomy; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

BLADDER EXSTROPHY; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0242523721     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000090195.72919.f5     Document Type: Article

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