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A CASE OF UNTREATED ECTOPIA VESICÆIN AN ELDERLY MAN
Author(s) -
Green N. Alan,
Hale J. F.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1962.tb09460.x
Subject(s) - longevity , medicine , surgery , general surgery , gerontology
SUMMARY The literature on the survival of patients with ectopia vesicæ is reviewed. The terminal illness of a man with this condition who lived for 75 years without treatment is presented. Such longevity is most unusual. The present position with regard to surgical treatment is briefly commented on.