Formation of functional neovagina with vertical rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (VRAM) flap after total pelvic exenteration

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 470-473

  O'Connell, Christopher ^a   Mirhashemi, Ramin ^b   Kassira, Noor ^a   Lambrou, Nicholas ^a   McDonald, W Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Miami Pouch; Perineal reconstruction; Rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap; Total pelvic exenteration; Vaginal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VAGINA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULA; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MELANOMA; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; ORGASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PERINEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA CANCER; VERTICAL RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; VULVA CARCINOMA; WELLBEING; WOUND HEALING;

CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC EXENTERATION; PELVIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27644519220     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000181361.11851.53     Document Type: Article

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