title: Different methods of reconstruction after vulvectomies for cancer of the vulva.
abstract: Direct wound closure with or without flap-plasty after vulvectomy gives satisfactory cosmetic and functional results. Split thickness skin-grafts seem to be of limited value in the repair of the defects.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014844:Vulva / Q000601:surgery*; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*