Early catheter removal after anterior anastomotic (3 days) and ventral buccal mucosal onlay (7 days) urethroplasty

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 459-464

  Al Qudah, Hosam S ^a   Cavalcanti, Andre G ^b   Santucci, Richard A ^a,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hospital Souza Aguiar   (Brazil)

^c DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter; Device removal; Surgery; Urethra; Urethral stricture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY; URINE CATHETER; URINE EXTRAVASATION;

EID: 28044470752     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382005000500007     Document Type: Article

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