title: Utilizing full-thickness skin grafts for vaginal reconstruction.
abstract: Full-thickness skin grafts are superior for certain types of vaginal reconstruction. The advantages of this procedure are decreased contraction, reduced time for postoperative stenting, correction at an earlier age, a lower risk of vaginal stenosis, and improved donor site cosmesis. In addition, the patient has the psychological assurance that she is externally normal as she develops through puberty and adulthood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Sadove
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery