Management of posterior urethral disruption injuries

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 154-163

  Myers, Jeremy B ^a   McAninch, Jack W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPRAPUBIC CATHETERIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA INJURY; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROPLASTY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 62549087010     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: 17434289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro1319     Document Type: Review

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