Total proximal ureter substitution using buccal mucosa

Surgical Techniques in Substitution Urethroplasty Using Buccal Mucosa

Introduction Since the resurgence in the use of buccal mucosa in substitution urethroplasty in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there has been controversy as to which surgical technique is the most appropriate for its application. Method The authors performed a literature review. Several centres have published widely on this topic, and the points considered include the use buccal mucosa (BM) in ...

Re: Appendiceal substitution following right proximal ureter injury.

Surgical techniques in substitution urethroplasty using buccal mucosa for the treatment of anterior urethral strictures.

OBJECTIVES Since the resurgence in the use of buccal mucosa (BM) in substitution urethroplasty in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there has been controversy as to which surgical technique is the most appropriate for its application. METHODS The authors performed an updated literature review. Several centres have published widely on this topic, and the points considered include the use BM in d...

Pigmented Lesion of Buccal Mucosa

Pigmented lesions are commonly found in the mouth. Such lesions represent a variety of clinical entities, ranging from physiologic changes to manifestation of systemic illness and malignant neoplasm. Diagnosis of such lesions requires a proper case history, extraoral and intraoral examination, and, in some cases, biopsy, aspiration cytology, and laboratory investigations. Here we present a case...

The buccal mucosa in anaemia.

The histological features of the buccal mucosa have been examined in 50 cases of iron-deficiency anaemia, 14 cases of megaloblastic anaemia, and 50 normal subjects. Differences between the anaemic and normal groups have been found and in some anaemic patients striking morphological changes have been seen. These might be due to a direct effect of iron or vitamin B(12) deficiency on the metabolis...