1. Penile-scrotal flap vaginoplasty versus inverted penile skin flap expanded with spatulated urethra: A multidisciplinary single-centre analysis
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Daniela Nadalin, Fulvio Colombo, Martina Masetti, Alessandro Franceschelli, Franco Palmisano, Brigida Lilia Marta, Anna Paola Sanfelici, Giorgio Gentile, Ardigò Martino, Patrizia Stella, Eugenio Brunocilla, Gentile G., Martino A., Nadalin D., Masetti M., Marta B.L., Palmisano F., Franceschelli A., Stella P., Sanfelici A.P., Brunocilla E., and Colombo F.
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Blood transfusion ,Urology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Penile skin ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Skin flap ,lcsh:RC870-923 ,Group B ,Surgical Flaps ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Urethra ,Sex Reassignment Surgery ,Medicine ,Humans ,Outcome ,Retrospective Studies ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Scrotal flap ,Penile inversion ,lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology ,Surgery ,Single centre ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Treatment Outcome ,Vaginoplasty ,Vagina ,Transgender ,Scrotum ,Technique ,Female ,Sexologist ,Techniques ,Outcomes, Sexologist ,business ,Penis - Abstract
This study is aimed to compare outcomes of penile-scrotal flap vaginoplasty to inverted penile skin flap expanded with spatulated urethra as a singlecentre experience. Data regarding vaginoplasty performed between May 2003 and January 2014 were reviewed. Subjects were divided into two groups according to the surgical technique performed: perineal- scrotal flap vaginoplasty (Group A), and inverted penile skin flap expanded with spatulated urethra vaginoplasty (Group B). All patients underwent to psychological analysis before surgery. Functional follow-up was based on a modified validated Female Sexual Function Index. Overall, 67 patients with a mean (SD) age of 34 (±9.38) years underwent to surgery. 41 patients were included into the Group A and 26 into the Group B. Mean operative time among Groups A and B was 316 (±101.65) and 594 (±89.06) minutes, respectively (p
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- 2020