Tunica vaginalis: An aid in hypospadias fistula repair: Our experience of 14 cases

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-167

  Kadian, Yogender ^a   Rattan, Kamal ^a   Singh, Jagjit ^a   Singh, Mahavir ^a   Kajal, Pradeep ^a   Parihar, Dheeraj ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hypospadias repair; tunica vaginalis flap; urethrocutaneous fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FISTULA; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URETHRA DISEASE; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY FISTULA; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80155138042     PISSN: 01896725     EISSN: 09745998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.86054     Document Type: Article

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