Gunshot Wound Injury of the Testis: The Use of Tunica Vaginalis and Polytetrafluoroethylene Grafts for Reconstruction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2462-2465

  Ferguson, Genoa Goetz ^a   Brandes, Steven B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blast injuries; gunshot; polytetrafluoroethylene; testis; transplants; wounds

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORCHIECTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS INJURY; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; TUNICA VAGINALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TESTIS; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 35748976822     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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