The use of combined bladder and epispadias repair in boys with classic bladder exstrophy: Outcomes, complications and consequences

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 4 I, 2005, Pages 1421-1424

  Baird, A D ^a   Mathews, R I ^a   Gearhart, J P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder exstrophy; epispadias; urologic surgical procedures; Male; urethra

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; BLADDER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOCELE; EPISPADIAS; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS OSTEOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SKIN FISTULA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER REIMPLANTATION; URETHRA FISTULA; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHRA SURGERY; URETHROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; URINARY DIVERSION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 24944557139     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000173127.81878.2b     Document Type: Article

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