Use of a hypogastric flap and split-thickness skin grafting for a degloving injury of the penis and scrotum: A different approach

Penile and scrotal skin avulsions are not common events and are caused usually by accidents with industrial machines or agricultural machines. We report a case of a 27-year-old newly married thin-built patient with avulsion and traumatic degloving of the penile and scrotal skin, with exposure of the...

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Published in:Indian journal of plastic surgery 2009-07, Vol.42 (2), p.258-260
Main Authors: Selvan, S. Sengathir, Alagu, Ganesh S, Gunasekaran, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormalities
Case Report
Genitourinary organs
Health aspects
Hypogastric flap
Hypogastric flap
penile degloving
scrotal degloving
penile degloving
scrotal degloving
Skin-grafting
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Summary:Penile and scrotal skin avulsions are not common events and are caused usually by accidents with industrial machines or agricultural machines. We report a case of a 27-year-old newly married thin-built patient with avulsion and traumatic degloving of the penile and scrotal skin, with exposure of the corpora cavernosa and copus spongiosum of penis and testes as his loose clothes got entangled in a paddy harvesting machine accidently. Reconstruction was performed using a hypogastric flap and split skin graft, achieving a satisfactory aesthetic result and sexual functions.
ISSN:0970-0358
1998-376X
DOI:10.1055/s-0039-1699358