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[Late result following successful penis replantation with spontaneous closure of a urethral fistula]. 1986

W Kuber

We report about the postoperative course and late result in a case of successful reimplantation of a totally amputated penis. A small urethral fistula closed spontaneously during the postoperative. Follow-up at five years shows a satisfactory cosmetical and functional result.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008866	Microsurgery	The performance of surgical procedures with the aid of a microscope.
D010413	Penis	The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.	Glans Penis,Penis, Glans
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D012092	Replantation	Restoration of an organ or other structure to its original site.	Reimplantation,Surgical Replantation,Replantation, Surgical,Reimplantations,Replantations,Replantations, Surgical,Surgical Replantations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000673	Amputation, Traumatic	Loss of a limb or other bodily appendage by accidental injury.	Amputations, Traumatic,Traumatic Amputation,Traumatic Amputations
D014522	Urethral Diseases	Pathological processes involving the URETHRA.	Disease, Urethral,Diseases, Urethral,Urethral Disease
D014548	Urinary Fistula	An abnormal passage in any part of the URINARY TRACT between itself or with other organs.	Fistula, Urinary,Fistulas, Urinary,Urinary Fistulas