Sexual adjustment of patients undergoing gracilis myocutaneous flap vaginal reconstruction in conjunction with pelvic exenteration

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2229-2235

  Ratliff, Catherine R ^a   Gershenson, David M ^b,d   Morris, Mitchell ^b   Burke, Thomas W ^b   Levenback, Charles ^b   Schover, Leslie R ^c   Mitchell, Michele F ^b   Atkinson, E Neely ^b   Wharton, J Taylor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical carcinoma; gracilis myocutaneous vaginal reconstruction; sexual adjustment; sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029861164     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19961115)78:10<2229::aid-cncr27>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. McCraw JB, Massey FM, Shanklin KD, Horton CE. Vaginal reconstruction with gracilis myocutaneous flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg 1976;58(2):176-83.
2. Becker DW, Massey FM, McCraw JB. Musculocutaneous flaps in reconstructive pelvic surgery. Obstet Gynecol 1979;54(2):178-83.
3. Morrow CP, Lacey CG, Lucas WE. Reconstructive surgery in gynecologic cancer employing the gracilis myocutaneous pedicle graft. Gynecol Oncol 1979;7:176-87.
4. Berek JS, Hacker NF, Lagasse LD. Vaginal reconstruction performed simultaneously with pelvic exenteration. Obstet Gynecol 1984;63:318-23.
5. Lacey CG, Stern JL, Feigenbaum S, Hill EC, Braga CA. Vaginal reconstruction after exenteration with use of gracilis myocutaenous flaps: the University of California, San Francisco experience. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988;158:1278-84.
6. Copeland LJ, Hancock KC, Gershenson DM, Stringer CA, Atkinson EN, Edwards CL. Gracilis myocutaneous vaginal reconstruction concurrent with total pelvic exenteration. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1989;160:1095-101.
7. Cain JM, Diamond A, Tamimi HK, Greer BE, Figge DC. The morbidity and benefits of concurrent gracilis myocutaneous graft with pelvic exenteration. Obstet Gynecol 1989;74:185-9.
8. Soper JT, Rodriguez G, Berchuck A, Clarke-Pearson DL. Long and short gracilis myocutaneous flaps for vulvovaginal reconstruction after radical pelvic surgery: comparison of flapspecific complications. Gynecol Oncol 1995;56:271-5.
9. Waterhouse J, Metcalfe MC. Development of the sexual adjustment questionnaire. Oncol Nurs Forum 1986;13(3):53-9.
10. SPSS, Inc. SPSS reference guide. Chicago: SPSS, Inc., 1990.
11. Gloeckner M. Perceptions of sexuality after ostomy surgery. J Enterostomal Ther 1991;18(1):36-8.
12. Dlin BM, Perlman A. Emotional response to ileostomy and colostomy in patients over the age of 50. Geriatrics 1971;26(6):113-8.
13. Brown RS, Haddox V, Posada A, Rubio A. Social and psychological adjustment following pelvic exenteration. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1972;114(2):162-71.
14. Morley GW, Lindenauer SM, Youngs D. Vaginal reconstruction following pelvic exenteration: surgical and psychological considerations. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1973;116(7):996-1002.
15. Lamont JA, De Petrillo AD, Sargeant EJ. Psychosexual rehabilitation and exenterative surgery. Gynecol Oncol 1978; 6:236-42.
16. Anderson BL, Hacker NF. Psychosexual adjustment following pelvic exenteration. Obstet Gynecol 1983;61:331-8.
17. Bullard DG, Causey GG, Newman AB, Orloff R, Schanche K, Wallace DH. Sexual health care and cancer: a needs assessment. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 1980;14:55-8.
18. Capone MA, Westie KS, Good RS. Sexual rehabilitation of the gynecologic cancer patient: an effective counseling model. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 1980;14:123-9.