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ArticleSexual medicine2021

Plication for Correction of Congenital Penile Curvature: With or Without Degloving?

Samuel B Kusin, Roger K Khouri, Benjamin M Dropkin, Peter N Dietrich, Ellen E Ward, Adam S Baumgarten, Jagan K Kansal, Amy I Guise, Allen F Morey

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Article in Sexual medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  3. A scoping review on chordee correction in boys with ventral congenital penile curvature and hypospadias.Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of India
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel B KusinDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Roger K KhouriDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Benjamin M DropkinDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Peter N DietrichDepartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Ellen E WardDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Adam S BaumgartenDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Jagan K KansalDepartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Amy I GuiseDepartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Allen F MoreyDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Electronic address: Allen.Morey@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USMedical College of Wisconsin · USMilwaukee School of Engineering · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPreviously, incisionless plication (IP) for correction of congenital penile curvature (CPC) has been performed after penile degloving via a circumscribing incision.

aimTo describe our experience with non-degloving incisionless penile plication (NDIP) for correction of CPC and compare these outcomes with those of men who underwent degloving incisionless penile plication (DIP).

methodsWe conducted a retrospective review of men ≤ 45 years of age who underwent incisionless penile plication for correction of CPC between 2008 and 2020 at two adult tertiary hospitals. Patients underwent either NDIP, performed through a 2-3 cm longitudinal incision along the proximal-to-mid shaft opposite the point of maximum penile curvature, or DIP via a sub-coronal circumscribing incision.

main outcome measuresSurgical and patient-reported outcomes were compared between the non-degloving and degloving groups.

resultsAmong the 38 men (mean age, 26 years) who met the inclusion criteria, 25 underwent NDIP, including 6 patients with biplanar curvature (2 Ventral, 4 Dorsal, 6 Lateral). Thirteen patients underwent DIP, including 1 patient with biplanar curvature (1 ventral, 1 lateral). Curvature reduction was 50 ± 23 degrees for the NDIP group and 36 ± 10 degrees for the DIP group (P = .04). Five (20%) patients in the NDIP group and nine (69%) patients in the DIP group experienced a reduction in stretched penile length following plication (SPL) (P = .01). One patient in the NDIP group underwent an additional plication for recurrent curvature.

conclusionBoth NDIP and DIP are safe and highly efficacious techniques for the correction of CPC. Kusin SB, Khouri RK, Dropkin BM, et al., Plication for Correction of Congenital Penile Curvature: With or Without Degloving?. Sex Med 2021;9:100462.

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Congenital Penile CurvatureNon-DeglovingPlicationSurgical Outcomes

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