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Oct, 2013

Phalloplasty with an Innervated Island Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap in a Female-to-Male Transsexual

ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA
  • Kenjiro Hasegawa
  • ,
  • Yuzaburo Namba
  • ,
  • Yoshihiro Kimata

Volume
67
Number
5
First page
325
Last page
331
Language
English
Publishing type
DOI
10.18926/AMO/51869
Publisher
OKAYAMA UNIV MED SCHOOL

Since 2001, we have been performing phalloplasty with a radial forearm free flap as the flap of first choice in female-to-male transsexuals (FTMTS). In the present case, a 22-year-old FTMTS with a negative Allen test, we achieved good results by performing phalloplasty with an innervated island pedicled anterolateral thigh flap using the "tube within a tube" technique, in which the penis and urethra are constructed with a single flap. While phalloplasty with an island-pedicled or free anterolateral thigh flap has been reported previously, the present case seems to be the first of phalloplasty with an innervated island-pedicled anterolateral thigh flap using the "tube within a tube" technique. As compared to a forearm flap, use of an innervated island-pedicled flap may have the following advantages in phalloplasty: 1) no need for a microsurgical technique; 2) no scars at noticeable sites; 3) small functional loss in the flap donor area; 4) no sacrifice of major blood vessels. Thus, this technique seems to be a useful clinical alternative for phallic reconstruction.

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https://doi.org/10.18926/AMO/51869
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000325836100007&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.18926/AMO/51869
  • ISSN : 0386-300X
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000325836100007

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