Simplified mons plasty: A new technique to improve cosmesis in females with the exstrophy-epispadias complex

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2117-2120

  Cook, Anthony J ^a   Farhat, Walid A ^a   Cartwright, Lisa M ^a   Khoury, Antoine E ^a   Pippi Salle, Joao L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bladder exstrophy; Epispadias; Genitalia, female; Surgery, plastic; Urogenital surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLITORIS; EPISPADIAS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MONS PLASTY; NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA;

EID: 18744397579     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000157687.37406.d8     Document Type: Article

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