Neovaginal construction with buccal mucosal grafts

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2250-2254

  Özgenel, Güzin Yeşim ^a   Özcan, Mesut ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEEK MUCOSA; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; CHEEK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; STENTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 0038319142     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000060088.19246.05     Document Type: Article

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