Vertical rectus abdominis flap reconstruction in patients with advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-40

  Kayes, Oliver J ^a   Durrant, Charles A ^b   Ralph, David ^a   Floyd, David ^b   Withey, Simon ^b   Minhas, Suks ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced; Penile cancer; Vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MUSCLE GRAFT; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PENIS CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845474566     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06582.x     Document Type: Article

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