Journal article
Can a graft be placed over a flap in complex hypospadias surgery? An experimental study in rabbits
Abstract
PURPOSE: To develop a rabbit experimental study to test the hypothesis that surgical repair of hypospadias with severe ventral curvatures might be completed in one stage, if a graft, such as buccal mucosa, could be placed over the tunica vaginalis flap used in corporoplasty for ventral lengthening, with the addition of an onlay preputial island. flap to complete the urethroplasty.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The experimental procedure with rabbits …
Authors
de Mattos RM; de Araújo SRR; Quitzan JG; Leslie B; Bacelar H; Parizi JLG; Martins GMC; da Cruz ML; Macedo A
Journal
International braz j urol, Vol. 42, No. 06, pp. 1228–1236
Publisher
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2016.0168
ISSN
1677-5538