Reconstructive Surgery for Severe Penile Inadequacy: Phalloplasty with a Free Radial Forearm Flap or a Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap

Reconstructive Surgery for Severe Penile Injury: One-Stage Penile Reconstruction (Phalloplasty) Using Pedicled Island Anterolateral Thigh Flap

Aim: To evaluate the functional and aesthetic results of one-stage penile reconstruction (phalloplasty) using an island anterolateral thigh flap Patients and methods: Twelve male patients (age 16 to 43 years) were treated with a penile reconstruction admitted to plastic & reconstructive surgery unit of Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur and Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan from November ...

Double flap phalloplasty in transgender men: Surgical technique and outcome of pedicled anterolateral thigh flap phalloplasty combined with radial forearm free flap urethral reconstruction

INTRODUCTION Radial forearm free flap (RFFF) tube-in-tube phalloplasty is the most performed phalloplasty technique worldwide. The conspicuous donor-site scar is a drawback for some transgender men. In search for techniques with less conspicuous donor-sites, we performed a series of one-stage pedicled anterolateral thigh flap (ALT) phalloplasties combined with RFFF urethral reconstruction. In t...

Minimising the donor area morbidity of radial forearm phalloplasty using prefabricated thigh flap: A new technique

Phalloplasty is indicated in various conditions of penile loss or absence. There are numerous techniques for phalloplasty including the pedicle and free flaps with the ultimate goal of micturition in standing position, attaining adequate size, aesthesis and sensations for sexual intercourse. Radial forearm phalloplasty is the gold standard flap to achieve above results but gives a very bad scar...

Contralateral Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap (ATL) for Upper Thigh Defect in the Era of Free ATL?

Anterolateral thigh cutaneous flap vs. radial forearm free-flap in oral and oropharyngeal reconstruction: an analysis of 48 flaps.

Microvascular free-flaps have been in clinical use for nearly 3 decades becoming the gold standard in oral and oropharyngeal reconstruction. In this study, a comparison has been made between the radial forearm fasciocutaneous flap with the thinned anterolateral thigh cutaneous flap (tALT), showing the advantage of the anterolateral thigh cutaneous flap in oral and oropharyngeal reconstruction. ...