FULL-THICKNESS SKIN-GRAFTS FROM EYELIDS TO PENIS, PLUS SPLIT-THICKNESS GRAFTS IN CHRONIC BALANITIS XEROTICA OBLITERANS

Authors
RUDOLPH R WALTHER P
Citation
R. Rudolph et P. Walther, FULL-THICKNESS SKIN-GRAFTS FROM EYELIDS TO PENIS, PLUS SPLIT-THICKNESS GRAFTS IN CHRONIC BALANITIS XEROTICA OBLITERANS, Annals of plastic surgery, 38(2), 1997, pp. 173-176
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487043
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
173 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7043(1997)38:2<173:FSFETP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Balanitis xerotica obliterans is a progressive, sclerotic, constrictiv e scar-forming disease process of the penile prepuce that can involve the frenulum and urethral meatus. Full-thickness skin grafting from th e upper eyelids supplemented with split-thickness skin grafting was su ccessfully used in a patient to end a 57-year symptomatic course.