Suture materials: Do they affect fistula and stricture rates in flap urethroplasties?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 320-324

  Cimador, M ^a   Castagnetti, M ^a,b   Milazzo, M ^a   Sergio, M ^a   De Grazia, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fistula stricture formation; Hypospadias; Suture materials; Urethral plate

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISTULA; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URETER STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY;

CHILD; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN 910; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURES; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URETHRAL STRICTURE; URINARY FISTULA;

EID: 10844287797     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081592     Document Type: Article

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