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Genital skin loss: unified reconstructive approach to a heterogeneous entity

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Genital skin loss results from a heterogeneous group of traumatic and infectious processes. Removal of all devitalized tissue is necessary prior to reconstructive surgery; hyperbaric oxygen may help in the management of necrotizing infections. Defect coverage depends more on the remaining genital skin than on the etiology of the loss.

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  1. Section of Urology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA, , , , , , US

    Hunter Wessells

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Wessells, H. Genital skin loss: unified reconstructive approach to a heterogeneous entity. World J Urol 17, 107–114 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003450050115

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