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Bogoraza phalloplasty

Bogoraza phalloplasty (N. A. Bogoraz, Soviet surgeon of 1874-1952; Greek phallos – a penis + plastike – formation, sculpture) – the surgery applied to formation of an artificial penis by means of implantation of a cartilaginous plate in a Filatov's graft from stomach skin.

 
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