Penile reconstruction with bilateral superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator (SCIP) flaps |
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Authors: | Koshima Isao Nanba Yuzaburo Nagai Atsushi Nakatsuka Mikiya Sato Toshiki Kuroda Shigetosi |
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Institution: | Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The free radial forearm flap is a very common material for penile reconstruction. Its major problems are donor-site morbidity with large depressive scar after skin grafting, urethral fistula due to insufficiency of suture line for the urethra, and need for microvascular anastomosis. A new method using combined bilateral island SCIP flaps for the urethra and penis is developed for gender identity disorder (GID) patients. The advantages of this method are minimal donor-site morbidity with a concealed donor scar, and possible one-stage reconstruction for a longer urethra of 22 cm in length without insufficiency, even for GID female-to-male patients. A disadvantage is poor sensory recovery. |
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