The morbidity of buccal mucosal graft harvest for urethroplasty and the effect of nonclosure of the graft harvest site on postoperative pain

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 580-583

  Wood, D N ^a   Allen, S E ^a   Andrich, D E ^a   Greenwell, T J ^a,b   Mundy, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Urology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buccal mucosa; Graft adverse effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUCCAL MUCOSA GRAFT; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID INTAKE; GRAFT HARVEST SITE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCOCELE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVATION DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; URETHROPLASTY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 3142618484     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000132846.01144.9f     Document Type: Article

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