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Phallic Reconstruction Following Penile Cancer Surgery

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Penile amputation for the management of penile cancer may represent a devastating event for patients as it leads to a complete loss of sexual and urinary function. It is important to inform patients that total penile reconstruction is possible and this will restore sexual and urinary function. Among the various techniques for total phallic reconstruction, the radial artery forearm flap phalloplasty seems to provide the best results in terms of cosmesis and sensation and allows restoration of both sexual and urinary function following total or subtotal penectomy for penile cancer.

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  1. Department of Urology, University College London Hospital, London, UK

    Giulio Garaffa MD, PhD, FRCS(Eng) & Nim Christopher MPhil (Cantab), FRCS(Urol)

  2. St. Peter’s Andrology Centre, University College London Hospital, London, UK

    David J. Ralph MS, FRCS(Urol)

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    Asif Muneer

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

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Garaffa, G., Christopher, N., Ralph, D.J. (2016). Phallic Reconstruction Following Penile Cancer Surgery. In: Muneer, A., Horenblas, S. (eds) Textbook of Penile Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33220-8_20

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