[Fifty years of plastic surgery in the Netherlands. III. Structural surgery of the genitalia].

Plastic surgeons have contributed to the constructive and reconstructive surgery of the external genitals. This development followed the increase of surgical-technical possibilities. Whereas in the past the possibilities were limited to transplantation of skin grafts and pedicled flaps, they have now been supplemented by free transplantation using microsurgical techniques. Other specialists have adopted the techniques developed by plastic surgeons. In future, in the structive surgery of genitals use will be made of the growing possibilities of transplantation of donor organs and the results of investigation of tissue cultures and biomaterials. The demand for aesthetical corrections of the external genitals will increase.