ABBE-WHARTON-MCINDOE OPERATION AND ABDOMINOPLASTY
Dr. Dionysios K. Veronikis

The Abbe-Wharton-McIndoe Operation is a very popular technique in creating a neovagina. A drawback to the technique has been the required split thickness skin graft and subsequent healing of the donor site by secondary intention. The video demonstrates the operative technique of constructing a neovagina by cavitation with split thickness skin grafting as well as the approach to harvesting split thickness skin from the anterior abdominal wall. Additionally, the donor site split thickness defect is excised and converted to healing by primary intention via abdominoplasty.