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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Main Authors: R.C. Lara, A.M. Lucon, S. Arap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2004-03-01
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

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