The perineal artery axial flap in reconstruction of the vagina.
We present two patients in whom an aesthetic and functional vagina was re-created using a perineal artery axial flap, based on the terminal vessels of the internal pudendal artery. This flap provides thin, supple skin for reconstruction of moderately sized vaginal defects leaving a minimal donor defect.
Hagerty
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Division of Plastic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
Vaughn
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TR
Lutz
M H
MH
D001158:Arteries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010502:Perineum / Q000098:blood supply*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*