Innervated island pedicled anterolateral thigh flap for neo-phallic reconstruction in female-to-male transsexuals

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Rubino, C ^a,b   Figus, A ^a   Dessy, L A ^a   Alei, G ^a   Mazzocchi, M ^a   Trignano, E ^a   Scuderi, N ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALT flap; Anterolateral thigh flap; Female to male reconstruction; Penile reconstruction; Phalloplasty; Transsexual surgery

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FEMORAL NERVE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; LATERAL CUTANEOUS FEMORAL NERVE; NERVE SUTURE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PENIS RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60449120157     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.11.056     Document Type: Article

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