Tubularized urethral replacement with unseeded matrices: What is the maximum distance for normal tissue regeneration?

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-326

  Dorin, Ryan P ^a,b   Pohl, Hans G ^c   De Filippo, Roger E ^b   Yoo, James J ^d   Atala, Anthony ^d  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibrosis; Hypospadius; Tissue engineering; Transitional epithelium; Urethral stricture; Urethroplasty; Urothelium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RABBIT; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETHRA; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RABBITS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETHRA; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 50249160092     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-008-0316-6     Document Type: Article

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