"Acellular Collagen Matrix as an 'Off The Shelf' Biomaterial for Urethral Repair."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, held May 1-6, 1999, in Dallas, Texas, "Introduction and Objectives: Urethral pathologies, such as strictures or hypospadias, often require non-genital tissues for reconstruction, like skin grafts or mucosal grafts from the bladder or buccal regions. However, the use of these tissue for urethroplasty are often associated with additional procedures for graft retrieval, prolonged hospitalization and morbidity. We have developed a naturally derived collagen based tissue substitute, readily available 'off the shelf', for urethral reconstruction. We examined whether this...

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