Open AccessOne-stage urethral reconstruction using colonic mucosa graft: an experimental and clinical study
Author(s) -
Yuhong Xu,
Qiao Ye,
Sa Yang,
Jiong Zhang,
Huizhen Zhang,
Xinru Zhang,
Denglong Wu,
Rong Chen
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v9.i2.381
Subject(s) - medicine , urethra , urethroplasty , urethral stricture , lumen (anatomy) , intestinal mucosa , surgery , epithelium , transitional epithelium , urology , pathology
To investigate the possibility of urethral reconstruction with a free colonic mucosa graft and to present our preliminary experience with urethral substitution using a free graft of colonic mucosa for treatment of 7 patients with complex urethral stricture of a long segment.