Urethral reconstruction

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-395

  Barbagli, Guido ^a   Lazzeri, Massimo ^b  

^a Center for Urethral and Genitalia Reconstructive Surgery   (Italy)

^b Santa Chiara Firenze ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Buccal mucosal graft; Fibrin glue; Skin flap; Tissue engineering; Urethral stricture; Urethroplasty

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ANASTOMOTIC URETHROPLASTY; BUCCAL MUCOSA URETHROPLASTY; BULBAR URETHROPLASTY; CHEEK MUCOSA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PENILE URETHROPLASTY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR URETHROPLASTY; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE ENGINEERING URETHROPLASTY; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHRA SURGERY; URETHROPLASTY;

FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PENIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; URETHRA; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 33750314595     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mou.0000250277.44990.ab     Document Type: Review

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