Tissue Engineering in Pediatric Bladder Reconstruction—The Road to Success

Several congenital disorders can cause end stage bladder disease and possibly renal damage in children. The current gold standard therapy is enterocystoplasty, a bladder augmentation using an intestinal segment. However, the use of bowel tissue is associated with numerous complications such as metab...

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Main Authors: Maya Horst, Daniel Eberli, Rita Gobet, Souzan Salemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00091/full