Dorsal tunica vaginalis graft plus onlay preputial island flap urethroplasty: Experimental study in rabbits

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Leslie, Bruno ^a   Barboza, Luiz L ^a   Souza, Petrus O ^a   Silva, Paulo S ^a   Delcelo, Rosana ^a   Ortiz, Valdemar ^a   Macedo Jr , Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Rabbits; Surgical flaps; Tunica vaginalis; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISTULA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOSPADIAS; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; MESOTHELIUM; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; TUNICA VAGINALIS; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHROPLASTY; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RABBITS; SEROUS MEMBRANE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; URETHRA; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 62149141334     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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