Urethroplasty using a bovine pericardium graft: an experimental study using normal urethras from dogs

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 of the medial urethra measuring 2.0 x 0.5 cm, which was replaced with a bovine pericardium graft, ...

Dorsal onlay graft bulbar urethroplasty using buccal mucosa

One-stage Penile Urethroplasty Using Oral Mucosal Graft and Glue.

BACKGROUND Repair of penile urethral strictures is a challenging problem for which different techniques have been suggested. OBJECTIVE To describe a new surgical technique for one-stage penile urethroplasty using an oral graft and glue, and to assess its safety and efficacy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective review of medical records for patients who underwent one-stage peni...

Right atrial lipoma resection and partial reconstruction using bovine pericardium.

The primary heart tumors have an incidence varying from 0.001% to 0.28% of all tumors, reported in necropsies series. Lipoma consists of a benign tumour corresponding to about 8% of all primary heart tumors. When present, the symptoms are related to the size and location of such tumor. We report a case of a 27-year-old man with a lipoma in the right atrium who underwent surgical treatment with ...

Partial nephrectomy: novel closure technique using bovine pericardium.

Partial nephrectomy (PN) has gained popularity over the past two decades as an alternative to radical nephrectomy (RN) in patients with small renal masses. Morbidity and mortality from PN have been shown to be lower than from RN, while oncologic outcomes have been shown to be equivalent for tumors < 7 cm. PN has become increasingly popular in academic centers, but the general urologic communi...