Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 12 , Pages 2141-2145 , December 2010

Aesthetic aspects of reconstructive clitoroplasty in females with bladder exstrophy–epispadias complex

  • Brian A. VanderBrink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Urology, Schneider's Children Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Jeffrey A. Stock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA
    • ,
  • Moneer K. Hanna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Urology, Schneider's Children Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
    • Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA
    • Department of Pediatric Urology, New York Hospital-Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 101 Old Short Hills Road, Suite 203, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA. Tel.: +1 973 325 7188; fax: +1 973 325 7409.

Received 24 August 2009 ,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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☆ Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Orlando, FL, USA.

PII: S1748-6815(10)00076-8

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.005

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 12 , Pages 2141-2145 , December 2010

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