Management of "buried" penis in adulthood: An overview

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1186-1195

  Pestana, Ivo A ^a   Greenfield, Jason M ^a   Walsh, Mark ^a   Donatucci, Craig F ^a   Erdmann, Detlev ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURIED PENIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELEPHANTIASIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROPENIS; MORBID OBESITY; PENIS DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SUTURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; Z PLASTY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE DISEASES; PENIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 70349826683     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b5a37f     Document Type: Article

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