Genital elephantiasis: Reconstructive treatment of penoscrotal lymphoedema with a myocutaneous M. gracilis flap. experiences from a district hospital in Ethiopia;Genitale elephantiasis: Rekonstruktive behandlung des penoskrotalen lymphödems durch myokutane M. gracilis-lappenplastik. erfahrungen aus einem district hospital in Äthiopien

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 272-278

  Prica, S ^a   Donati, Olivio F ^a   Schaefer, D J ^b   Peltzer, J ^a  

^a Hopital du Jura   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genital elephantiasis; Gracilis flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; GENITAL EDEMA; GRACILIS FLAP; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ESTHETICS; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 51649093767     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038476     Document Type: Article

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