Cavernous nerve regeneration by biodegradable alginate gel sponge sheet placement without sutures

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1366-1371

  Matsuura, Shinobu ^a   Obara, Takashi ^a   Tsuchiya, Norihiko ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihisa ^b   Habuchi, Tomonori ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GELATIN SPONGE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RAT; SUTURING METHOD; WISTAR RAT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; DRUG CARRIERS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL SPONGES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33845342192     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.09.051     Document Type: Article

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