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A single surgeon’s experience of 65 cases of penoplasty for congenital megaprepuce, with special reference to mid- to long-term follow-up

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Abstract

Purpose

There are few reports about postoperative outcome of penoplasty (PP). We present the results of mid- to long-term follow-up of PP performed for congenital megaprepuce (CMP).

Methods

Data from 65 CMP cases treated by PP performed by a single surgeon from 2000 to 2014 were collected prospectively. All cases were treated using the technique reported by Cuckow (Pediatric surgery. Springer, Berlin, pp 543–554, 2006).

Results

Mean age at PP was 5.9 years (range 0.4–13.9). All cases presented as infants and some 12 cases (18.5 %) had PP when 10 or more years old. There were no intra- and postoperative complications. Mean duration of follow-up was 3.6 years (range 0.1–17.5). Duration of follow-up was 4 years or less in 48 (73.8 %), 5–9 years in 13 (20.0 %), and 10 or more years in 4 (6.2 %). While postoperative penile cosmesis was good in 63/65 (96.9 %) cases without scrotal deformity, 2/65 (3.1 %) had redundant penile skin excised upon the recommendation of the treating surgeon even though the patients and parents were unconcerned.

Conclusion

Mid- to long-term follow-up of our PP cases shows that outcome is cosmetically acceptable and stable.

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  1. Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan

    Hiroshi Murakami, Shogo Seo, Takanori Ochi, Manabu Okawada, Takashi Doi, Go Miyano, Hiroyuki Koga, Geoffrey J. Lane & Atsuyuki Yamataka

  2. Department of Surgery, Tobu Chiiki Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

    Yuta Yazaki, Shogo Seo, Takanori Ochi & Takumi Ochiai

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Murakami, H., Yazaki, Y., Seo, S. et al. A single surgeon’s experience of 65 cases of penoplasty for congenital megaprepuce, with special reference to mid- to long-term follow-up. Pediatr Surg Int 31, 89–92 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-014-3627-2

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