Urethral reconstruction using a prefabricated pedicled gracilis flap.
This case study describes a patient who experienced an iatrogenic urethral injury because of a Fournier gangrene debridement. Because of the extent of the debridement, which resected all penile and scrotal dartos tissue, no local flaps that would typically be used to reconstruct a urethral disruption were possible. The authors chose to use a prefabricated pedicled gracilis flap to restore urethral continuity.
Department of Plastic Surgery, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. cnd51924@yahoo.com
Curtis
C
Crane
Agustin
A
Cornejo
Robert
R
Lyons
Gary J
GJ
Alter
D000328:Adult; D003646:Debridement / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014521:Urethra / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*