D Wang1, Z Wei, G Sun, Z Luo. 1. The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, China. daliwangzy@sina.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore a method to decrease the arrest of spermatogenesis in patients undergoing scrotum reconstruction with a flap. METHODS: A follow-up study on a patient whose scrotum had been reconstructed with a flap revealed the arrest of spermatogenesis. The flap was trimmed thin on two occasions, and the composition of the seminal fluid was followed up. RESULTS: The follow-up showed a decrease in the arrest of spermatogenesis after the flap was thin-trimmed. CONCLUSIONS: Thin-trimming the reconstruction flap can decrease the degree of spermatogenesis arrest in patients who have received scrotum reconstruction by thick flap. (c) 2008 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
OBJECTIVE: To explore a method to decrease the arrest of spermatogenesis in patients undergoing scrotum reconstruction with a flap. METHODS: A follow-up study on a patient whose scrotum had been reconstructed with a flap revealed the arrest of spermatogenesis. The flap was trimmed thin on two occasions, and the composition of the seminal fluid was followed up. RESULTS: The follow-up showed a decrease in the arrest of spermatogenesis after the flap was thin-trimmed. CONCLUSIONS: Thin-trimming the reconstruction flap can decrease the degree of spermatogenesis arrest in patients who have received scrotum reconstruction by thick flap. (c) 2008 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.