Reconstruction of the penis in
transsexual patients.
Vesely J, Barinka L, Santi P, Berrino
P, Muggianu M.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Brno, Czechoslovakia.
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Abstract
In the article, the authors offer a review of
the modalities available for phalloplasty in transsexual patients. The
classic methods for multi-stage transplantation of tubulized flaps in the
lumbar and inguinal regions, in mid-thigh as well as current methods for
one-stage reconstruction are discussed.
The paper contains the case report of a
transsexual patient undergoing one-stage reconstruction of the penis using
m. rectus abdominis with the inferior pedicle, urethral reconstruction by a
skin graft from simultaneous mastectomy with a free forearm flap covering
the muscle.
The paper examines the pros and cons of
each method for reconstruction.
Citation:
Acta Chir Plast 1992;34(1):44-54 an article
published on the Internet by PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/>