51. New Technique for the Treatment of Buried Penis in Children
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Feng Liu, Peng Lu, Xuliang Li, Guanghui Wei, Tao Lin, Dawei He, Jun-hong Liu, Yi Hua, Deying Zhang, Shengde Wu, and Xing Liu
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cosmetic appearance ,Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male ,Adolescent ,Urology ,Scar tissue ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Urologic Surgical Procedure ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Retrospective Studies ,Preputial skin ,Penile root ,Therapeutic Technique ,business.industry ,Buried penis ,Anatomy ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Child, Preschool ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,business ,Penis - Abstract
Objective To present our treatment experience of buried penis, which has no consensus therapeutic technique for all cases of buried penis, by using a new technique for the repair of this condition, in which the approach is through the ventral penile root. Materials and methods We performed a retrospective review of 153 patients (median age: 6.5 years) who underwent repair of a buried penis between March 2005 and March 2013. The technique involves the creation of a wedge-shaped cut of the ventral penile skin, followed by fixation of the subcutaneous penile skin at the base of the degloved penis to the Buck fascia at the 2- and 10-o'clock positions. The ventral outer preputial skin is split down the midline, and the dorsal inner preputial skin is cut with oblique incision. Results All patients were followed for an average of 12 months after repair. Other than 2 cases (1.3%) of trapped penis with a ring of scar tissue, which required subsequent excision, there were no complications and the cosmetic appearance was satisfactory. Conclusion The described ventral penile approach is a simple and effective procedure with good cosmetic outcomes and few complications.
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- 2016