TITLE:
Dartos Fascio-Myo-Cutaneous Flap for Penile Skin Loss: A Simple Flap with an Immense Potential
AUTHORS:
Adel M. Tolba, Ahmed Abo-hashem Azab, Mohamed Aly Nasr, Emad Salah
KEYWORDS:
Scrotal Blood Supply; Penile Skin Loss; Penile Reconstruction
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.5 No.1,
January
9,
2014
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Penile
skin loss poses a particular challenge for reconstruction to the plastic
surgeon. These defects, depending on their size, have been reconstructed using
skin grafts or regional flap. Patients & Methods: Ten patients with
variable sized penile skin defects were included in this work. Scrotal
fascio-myo-cutaneous (Dartos) flap was harvested and used for penile shaft
resurfacing. Results: All harvested flaps were successful. None of them showed
any ischemic manifestations. Discussion: Despite being a simple and robust
flap, its use for resurfacing of moderate to extensive penile skin defects
isn’t popular. We propose the use of Dartos flap as a good alternative for
challenging moderate to extensive penile skin losses.