Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4158164 Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2010 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

A buried penis secondary to a megaprepuce is defined clinically by a phimosis, failure of the corporal bodies to inhabit a variably deficient penile shaft skin and a basal hemispheric ballooning of the penis during micturition. Anatomically, it describes a condition in which a normal phallus is trapped within normal prepubic connective tissue by the excessive skin of a megaprepuce and a variable abundance of dartos fascia. Many surgical procedures have been described to correct this deformity, suggesting that no single method has a clear advantage. Most of them rely on relatively complex skin flaps or on the abnormal megapreputial tissue for reconstruction of the deficient ventral shaft skin. Herein, the authors describe an alternative technique for ventral skin coverage, the Ventral V-plasty. This surgical procedure allowed for the favorable reconstruction of 10 consecutive children with a buried penis secondary to a megaprepuce. This technique is distinguished by its simplicity and consistent, pleasing cosmetic results.

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