Creation of Tissue-Engineered Urethras for Large Urethral Defect Repair in a Rabbit Experimental Model

• Main Authors: Maria Virginia Amesty (Author), Clara Ibel Chamorro (Author), Pedro López-Pereira (Author), María José Martínez-Urrutia (Author), Beatriz Sanz (Author), Susana Rivas (Author), Roberto Lobato (Author), Magdalena Fossum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Tissue engineering is a potential source of urethral substitutes to treat severe urethral defects. Our aim was to create tissue-engineered urethras by harvesting autologous cells obtained by bladder washes and then using these cells to create a neourethra in a chronic large urethral de...