title: [One-stage vagina reconstruction using the pudendal-thigh skin flap].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This is to introduce a method for vagina reconstruction using the pudendal-thigh skin flap.
  
  
  METHODS
  The pudendal-thigh skin flap has been used for vagina reconstruction in 70 cases since 1989.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the operations were successful and the method has become a mature technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The advantages of the method are 1. the reconstructed vagina has good sensation and stable in maintaining its dimensions; 2. the linear scars of the donor site are hidden and inconspicuous; 3. the appearance of the perineum looks well; 4. the procedure is simple and favors its application.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*