title: The pull-through technique for the advancement of the unfolded epididymal tubule and the tubulo-deferential telescopic reconstruction.
abstract: A new reconstructive microsurgical model of the epididymo-deferential complex was performed in the rat to study the plastic adaptation of the distal epididymal tubule in transposition and/or substitution procedures. The model consists of three steps: endoluminal stripping of the mucosa of the proximal half of the vas deferens; pull-through technique for the advancement of the unfolded epididymal tubule of the "zone 9" into the stripped vas deferens; end-to-end tubulo-deferential telescopic reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tritto
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D004822:Epididymis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000601:surgery*