title: Scrotal and penile lymphedema: surgical considerations and management.
abstract: From 1971 to 1981, 6 patients with scrotal and penile lymphedema were treated with total excision of the scrotal and penile skin. Split thickness skin grafts were used to cover the penis and form a neoscrotum. Of the patients 2 men had primary idiopathic lymphedema, while 4 had secondary lymphedema resulting from foreign body injections or trauma with subsequent chronic infection. Surgical considerations using split thickness skin grafts versus posterior lateral scrotal skin flaps are compared.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012611:Scrotum; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps