Open AccessElectrical injury of external genitalia and reconstruction with gracilis muscle flap
Author(s) -
Jyoshid R. Balan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of burns
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-1415
pISSN - 0971-653X
DOI - 10.4103/0971-653x.195539
Subject(s) - labia majora , perineum , medicine , external genitalia , surgery , gracilis muscle , anatomy , electrical burn , vulva , burn injury
The high-voltage electrical injury is not uncommon, but the involvement of the genitalia and the perineum is rare. Our patient is a 29-year-old female with electrical injury from a high-tension wire and had injury to the perineum, genitalia, and lower limbs with negligible involvement of the upper limbs. There was a loss of the lower half of the labia majora and she had a tissue defect on the left side of the perineum. The reconstruction was performed with the use of pedicled gracilis flap with a good outcome