The tongue as an alternative donor site for graft urethroplasty: A pilot study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 589-592

  Simonato, Alchiede ^a,b   Gregori, Andrea ^b   Lissiani, Andrea ^b   Galli, Stefano ^c   Ottaviani, Francesco ^b   Rossi, Roberta ^b   Zappone, Anna ^b   Carmignani, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mucous membrane; Tongue; Transplants; Urethra; Urethral stricture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOSA; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROSCOPY; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PILOT PROJECTS; TONGUE; URETHRA; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 30344469935     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00166-7     Document Type: Article

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