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Pre-expanded Anterolateral Thigh Perforator Flap for Phalloplasty.

Filip StillaertSalvatore D'arpaBritt ColebundersStan Monstrey

subject

PhalloplastyMalemedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentTissue ExpansionSettore MED/19 - Chirurgia PlasticaScars030230 surgeryThigh03 medical and health sciencesCicatrix0302 clinical medicinemedicineReconstructive Surgical ProcedureHumansSkin expansionGraft donorComputed tomography angiographyPre-expanded flapRadial forearm flapmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryAngiographyAnterolateral thighMiddle AgedPlastic Surgery ProceduresPeniSurgerymedicine.anatomical_structureThighALT flap030220 oncology & carcinogenesisSurgeryFemalePhalloplastymedicine.symptombusinessTomography X-Ray ComputedPerforator FlapTissue expansionLCFA flapHumanPenis

description

The anterolateral thigh (ALT) perforator flap for phalloplasty is gaining popularity because it avoids the well-known scars of the radial forearm flap. However, scars are not eliminated, just moved to a different location, the thigh, that can for some patients be of great sexual value. Preexpansion of the ALT flap allows primary donor site closure, thus avoiding not only the unsightly appearance of a skin grafted ALT donor site, but also the skin graft donor site scar. Preoperative perforator location by means of computed tomography angiography allows safe expander placement through 2 small remote incisions.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-11-30Clinics in plastic surgery
10.1016/j.cps.2016.08.004https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27894573