Adaptation process of the skin graft to vaginal mucosa after McIndoe vaginoplasty

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 277, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 551-554

  Bekerecioglu, M ^a   Balat, O ^a   Tercan, M ^b   Karakok, M ^a   Ugur, M G ^c   Isik, D ^d  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Kahramanmaras Pazarcik Government Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Gaziantep Avukat Cengiz Gokcek Government Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Skin graft; Vaginal mucosa; Vaginoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PH MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; REGENERATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 42649127371     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0403-8     Document Type: Article

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