Pelvic Floor Reconstruction in Female Exstrophic Complex Patients: Different Results from Males?

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1777-1783

  Caione, Paolo ^a   Zavaglia, Daniela ^a   Capozza, Nicola ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder exstrophy; Female epispadias; Pelvic floor; Urinary continence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPISPADIAS; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FLOOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHROPLASTY;

BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPISPADIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PELVIC FLOOR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748949539     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.05.031     Document Type: Article

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