Dartos muscle interposition flap for the treatment of rectourethral fistulas

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1849-1855

  Varma, Madhulika G ^a   Wang, Jennifer Y ^a   Garcia Aguilar, Julio ^a   Shelton, Andrew A ^b   McAninch, Jack W ^c   Goldberg, Stanley M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dartos muscle; Interposition flap; Rectourethral fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; DARTOS MUSCLE INTERPOSITION FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS SURGERY; RECTOURETHRAL FISTULAS; RECTUM FISTULA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY FISTULA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 35948999656     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9032-3     Document Type: Article

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