Reconstruction of a Near Total Male Urethral Defect with a Microvascular Free Flap
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 149 (6) , 1548-1550
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)36444-3
Abstract
We describe a new technique for reconstruction of a traumatic near total male urethral defect. With this procedure a microvascular free flap transfer of the radial forearm skin is used to create a 23 cm. neourethra extending from the urogenital diaphragm to the glans of the penis. This single-stage transfer allows large traumatic wounds to heal, enables the patient to urinate while standing without strictures, and maintains urinary continence.Keywords
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