Urethroplasty using a bovine pericardium graft: an experimental study using normal urethras from dogs
The use of bovine pericardium as a urethral patch to substitute a ventral segment of canine urethras was studied. Healing, epithelial growth, urethral permeability, fistulas, and calcification were analyzed. Thirty male mongrel dogs of medium and large size underwent resection of a ventral segment o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2004-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000300006 |