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Basic Principles and Surgical Techniques for Wound Closure in Advanced Penile Cancer

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The penis is a vascular organ that acts as a conduit for urine and semen as well as allowing men to engage in penetrative sexual intercourse. Several techniques have been described over the years which aim to restore both its form and function but these are difficult to perform in cases of advanced malignancy, which extensive surgical resection resulting in large defects in the pubic and inguinal area and also the perineum. Therefore an understanding of plastic surgery techniques helps to ensure that defects following surgery can be closed.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Logendra Murugesan MBChB, MsC, MRCS & Hawys Lloyd-Hughes MA, MBBChir(Cantab), MRCS

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust and University College London, London, UK

    Afshin Mosahebi MBBS,FRCS,FRCS(Eng),FRCS(Urol)

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  1. Logendra Murugesan MBChB, MsC, MRCS
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Correspondence to Afshin Mosahebi MBBS,FRCS,FRCS(Eng),FRCS(Urol) .

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  1. Univeristy College London Hospitals, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCLH, London, United Kingdom

    Asif Muneer

  2. Antoni van Leeuwenhoekhuis, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Simon Horenblas

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Murugesan, L., Lloyd-Hughes, H., Mosahebi, A. (2016). Basic Principles and Surgical Techniques for Wound Closure in Advanced Penile Cancer. In: Muneer, A., Horenblas, S. (eds) Textbook of Penile Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33220-8_12

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