Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 1055-1059 , September 2007

Unilateral gracilis myofasciocutaneous advancement flap for single stage reconstruction of scrotal and perineal defects

  • Honda Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic Surgery, Buddhist Tzi Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih Ming Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzi Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzong-Bor Sun

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic Surgery, Buddhist Tzi Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Integrative Physiology and Clinical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Plastic Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung Yang Road, Hualien 97002, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 38561825x2135; fax: +886 38560794.
    • ,
  • Li-Fu Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic Surgery, Buddhist Tzi Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sou-Hsin Chien

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzi Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

Received 6 June 2006 ,Accepted 20 September 2006.

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PII: S1748-6815(07)00019-8

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.09.005

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 1055-1059 , September 2007

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