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Phalloplasty and the tube pedicle: a chronological re-evaluation

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The invention of the tubed pedicle allowed the surgical realization of phalloplasty. Most articles on modern phalloplasty refer to Nikolai Bogoraz as being the first surgeon to attempt the procedure. Re-analysis of published material. Analysis suggests that, although Bogoraz may have been the first to describe it, he was almost certainly not the first to perform it, this honor falling to Sir Harold Gillies. It is important to assess in detail work published in both English and non-English language journals. This has become easier and more commonplace with the development of open access through the Internet but remains difficult with historical texts that have not been converted into digital versions.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Kate Jarman (Trust Archivist, Barts Health NHS Trust) for access to the registers and for permission to reproduce the extracts shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11. We also thank Mr. Roger Green (Archivist, British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Esthetic Surgeons) for his helpful advice.

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  1. Gillies Archivist, British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons at The Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, UK

    Andrew N. Bamji

  2. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

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Bamji, A.N., Taub, P.J. Phalloplasty and the tube pedicle: a chronological re-evaluation. Eur J Plast Surg 43, 7–12 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-019-01539-5

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