title: [Repair of rectovaginal fistula using pudendal-thigh flap pedicled on the obturator artery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This is to introduce a new method for repair of rectovaginal fistual.
  
  
  METHODS
  On the basis of an anatomical study a new type of the pudendal-thigh flap pedicled on the obturator artery has been designed to repair rectovaginal fistual.
  
  
  RESULTS
  4 patients were treated with this method. All flaps survived and the fistula between vagina and rectum was closed primarily.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The advantages of the pudendal-thigh flap pedicled on the obturator artery include: 1. Good blood supply; 2. Relative thin and hairless; 3. Perfect hiding of the donor site. We think that it is one of the best methods of rectovaginal fistula repair.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital of CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100041, PR China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012006:Rectovaginal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*