Reconstruction of massive localised lymphoedema of the scrotum with a novel fasciocutaneous flap: A rare case presentation and a review of the literature

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-286

  Champaneria, Manish C ^a   Workman, Adrienne ^a   Kao, Howard ^a   Ray, Andrea O ^a   Hill, Michael ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic scrotal elephantiasis; Massive localised lymphoedema; Scrotal reconstruction; Scrotum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MASSIVE LOCALISED LYMPHEDEMA; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTAL ENLARGEMENT; SCROTAL SWELLING; SCROTUM DISORDER; SKIN FIBROSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ABDOMINOPLASTY; BODY MASS INDEX; ELEPHANTIASIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RARE DISEASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCROTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872281532     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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