Urethral reconstruction in patients suffering from aphallia: A reconstructive challenge

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-480

  Bhandari, Mahendra ^a   Sinha, Rahul Janak ^a   Singh, Vishwajeet ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aphallia; Congenital urethrorectal fistula; Urethral reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHALLIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOURETHRAL FISTULA; URETHROPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL FISTULA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY FISTULA; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255192513     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330941     Document Type: Article

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