The appendix as ureteral substitute: A report of 10 cases

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Dagash, Haitham ^a   Sen, Sudipta ^b   Chacko, Jacob ^b   Karl, Sampath ^b   Ghosh, Dhruv ^b   Parag, Pulak ^c   MacKinnon, A E ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Ekta Institute of Child Health   (India)

Author keywords

Appendix; Ureter; Ureteral substitution

Indexed keywords

APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INDIA; INFANT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; UNITED KINGDOM; URETER INJURY; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER REPLACEMENT; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URETEROURETEROSTOMY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETER;

EID: 38149103117     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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