title: Vanishing penis syndrome: the Ife experience.
abstract: Twenty-five cases of vanishing penis syndrome as a rare cause of mechanical impotence seen over a nine year period in Ile-Ife are presented. Local aetiological factors some distinct from those earlier recorded in literature are highlighted. The prominent role which surgery can play in the management of this form of physical and mental handicap, loss of sexual function let alone becoming a social out cast is stressed.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Badejo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000150:complications; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012611:Scrotum; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000150:complications