The use of vascularized jejunum flap for vaginal reconstruction: Clinical experience and results in 22 patients

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Özkan, Ömer ^a   Akar, Münire Erman ^a   Özkan, Özlenen ^a   Çolak, Taner ^a   Kayacan, Nurten ^a   Taskin, Ömür ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SALVAGE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; MICROSURGERY; MULLERIAN DUCTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76549113943     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20713     Document Type: Article

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