Testicular prostheses: Development and modern usage

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Bodiwala, D ^a   Summerton, D J ^a   Terry, T R ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implants; Silicone; Testicular prostheses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GELFOAM; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SODIUM CHLORIDE; VITALLIUM;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIDIDYMITIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDLINE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCROTUM DISORDER; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS PROSTHESIS; TESTIS TORSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

COUNSELING; FORECASTING; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248652919     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X183463     Document Type: Review

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