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Feasibility Study of Vascularized Composite Urinary Bladder Allograft Transplantation in a Cadaver Model

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2021

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Patricio C. Gargollo, Mohamed E. Ahmed, Mikel Prieto, Mohit Butaney, Carl H. Cramer, Vidhu B. Joshi, Julie K. Heimbach, Candace F. Granberg
The Journal of Urology

Abstract

Urinary bladder vascularized composite allograft transplantation is technically and anatomically feasible. This procedure may obviate the use of intestinal segments for bladder reconstruction in select patients. A phase 1 clinical trial is in progress.