title: A method of phalloplasty using the deep inferior epigastric flap.
abstract: Penile reconstruction remains a difficult surgical problem. To produce a phallus capable of erection and with a water-tight urethra to the tip has not been solved satisfactorily even by the introduction of free flap transfers. We present a method used in four cases, three transsexuals and one pseudohermaphrodite, in which a phallus was successfully constructed using the deep inferior epigastric flap.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery, West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Matti
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000328:Adult; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000601:surgery*