MECHANISM OF HEALING FOLLOWING THE SNODGRASS REPAIR

Clifford B. Bleustein, Michael Esposito, Robert A. Soslow, Diane Felsen, Dix P. Poppas

The Journal of Urology · 2001 · 80 citations · 10 references

Abstract

Healing of the incision in the dorsal urethral plate during tubularized incised plate urethroplasty occurs by re-epithelialization with normal tissue ingrowth. In contrast, the sutured closure heals with a desmoplastic and inflammatory response.

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