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Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
ISSN: 0970-0358 EISSN: 0970-0358
Vol. 42, No. 2, 2009, pp. 258-260
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Bioline Code: pl09060
Full paper language: English
Document type: Case Report
Document available free of charge
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Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2009, pp. 258-260
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Use of a hypogastric flap and split-thickness skin grafting for a degloving injury of the penis and scrotum: A different approach
Selvan, S. Sengathir; Alagu, Ganesh S. & Gunasekaran, R.
Abstract
Penile and scrotal skin avulsions are not common events and are caused usually by accidents with industrial machines or agricultural machines. We report a case of a 27-year-old newly married thin-built patient with avulsion and traumatic degloving of the penile and scrotal skin, with exposure of the corpora cavernosa and copus spongiosum of penis and testes as his loose clothes got entangled in a paddy harvesting machine accidently. Reconstruction was performed using a hypogastric flap and split skin graft, achieving a satisfactory aesthetic result and sexual functions.
Keywords
Hypogastric flap; penile degloving; scrotal degloving
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