Laparoscopic rectosigmoid colpopoiesis: Does it benefit our transsexual patients?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 518-524

  Maas, Sylvester M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGMOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUM; SURGICAL STAPLING; TRANSSEXUALISM; VAGINA;

EID: 0032912426     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199902000-00023     Document Type: Article

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