[One stage reconstruction of penis with free forearm flap].
One stage reconstruction of the penis using free tissue transfer was performed on a 43-year-old man who had total penectomy for carcinoma of the penis. A free forearm tissue flap was used to reconstruct urethra and for external skin coverage and Jonas silver penile prosthesis was used as a stent. Nutrient vessels (one artery and two veins) were anastomosed with a lateral circumflex femoral artery and two branches of the saphenous veins respectively and the nerve of flap was anastomosed with the pudendal nerve. We believe that this method is functionally and cosmetrically acceptable for reconstructing the penis, although unfortunately extrusion of the prosthesis ensued 63 days after the operation in our case.
Department of Urology, Osaka Medical School.
N
N
Takasaki
K
K
Nishimoto
S
S
Onishi
H
H
Ueda
S
S
Okada
S
S
Miyazaki
S
S
Tajima
Y
Y
Tanaka
E
E
Hukae
D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery