Modifications of the radial forearm flap phalloplasty for female-to-male gender reassignment

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-120

  Song, Colin ^a   Wong, Manzhi ^a   Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Ong, Yee Siang ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Phalloplasty; radial forearm flap; transsexual

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FOREARM; GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; NEOPHALLUS; NEOSCROTAL ABSCESS; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS; PENIS INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRELAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP PHALLOPLASTY; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URETHRA FISTULA; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHRA SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 79951517861     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268210     Document Type: Article

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