Adult Anterior Urethral Strictures: A National Practice Patterns Survey of Board Certified Urologists in the United States

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 685-690

  Bullock, Travis L ^a   Brandes, Steven B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

practice pattern; urethra; urethral stricture

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHEEK MUCOSA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN GRAFT; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGY;

EID: 33845996608     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.09.052     Document Type: Article

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