The use of a newly designed nonabsorbable polymeric stent in reconstructing the vas deferens: A feasibility study in New Zealand white rabbits

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1081-1085

  Vrijhof, Eric J ^a   De Bruine, Adriaan ^b   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^c   Lycklama Á Nijeholt, August A B ^d   Koole, Leo H ^e  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Stent; Vasectomy; Vasectomy reversal; Vasovasostomy

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STENT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; SPERM MOTILITY; STENTS; VAS DEFERENS; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 18544382018     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05471.x     Document Type: Article

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