The use of the omental pedicle graft in urinary tract reconstruction-.
The omentum is unique in that it is the only body tissue specifically developed for the resolution of infected process; it also regains its suppleness once healing has taken place. The characteristics are not shared by the periureteral and perivesical tissues so that a properly mobilized pedicle graft is valuable adjunct to be more difficult repairs and reconstructions of the urinary tract.
D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000601:surgery*; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D014945:Wound Healing