Abstract
Three to 4 cm-diameter, circular-shaped full thickness sections of the anterior wall of canine bladders were resected. Free grafts of bladder mucosa were lifted from the muscular wall and sewn back as a patch onto the original defect. Fusion of the graft and normal urothelium occurred, and at eight weeks a dense fibrotic external layer and normal urothelium was observed. No diverticuli occurred. A successful closure of recurrent multiple vesicovaginal fistulas in a woman using mucosa alone is reported.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 515-517 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Urology |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1985 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Animals
- Dogs
- Female
- Humans
- Hysterectomy/adverse effects
- Methods
- Mucous Membrane/transplantation
- Recurrence
- Urinary Bladder/surgery
- Vesicovaginal Fistula/etiology