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Penile Skin Grafting and Resurfacing of the Glans

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Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery

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Abstract

Skin grafts still represent the solution of choice for genital reconstruction in patients who have lost genital skin or mucosa as a consequence of excision of benign and malignant conditions, trauma and infection as they guarantee superior results in terms of cosmesis and function recovery than local flaps.

This chapter concentrates on indications, technique and outcome of skin grafting for penile reconstruction and glans resurfacing.

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  1. The Urology Centre, Broomfield Hospital, Court Road, Broomfield, CM1 7ET, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

    Giulio Garaffa MD

  2. Department of Urology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

    Salvatore Sansalome MD

  3. St. Peter’s Andrology, London, UK

    David John Ralph

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Correspondence to Giulio Garaffa MD .

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  1. Department of Surgery Division of Urologic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Steven B. Brandes

  2. Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Allen F. Morey

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Garaffa, G., Sansalome, S., Ralph, D.J. (2014). Penile Skin Grafting and Resurfacing of the Glans. In: Brandes, S., Morey, A. (eds) Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7708-2_41

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