Modified corporopexy as a new approach to the treatment of congenital rotation of the penis.
Congenital anomalies of the penis expressed in various forms of flexures can be associated with a rotation of the shaft. An asymmetrical insertion of the suspensory ligament on the dorsal surface of the tunica albuginea often accounts for corporal rotation. This distorts the spatial relationship between the corpora cavernosa and the pubic bone. The two corpora may overlap and the shaft is partially rotated. For the surgical treatment of these defects we proposed (1989) a technique of contrarotation of the tunica albuginea which was later abandoned because it was too invasive. We developed a technique based on the ipsilateral re-suspension of the suspensory ligament of the penis between the tunica of the lower corpus and the pubic symphysis to restore the true axis. The neurovascular adnexa, the corpora cavernosa, and the corpus spongiosum remain untouched.
Austoni
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Istituto di Urologia dell' Università, Milano, Italia.
Colombo
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Mantovani
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010149:Postoperative Pain; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D010410:Penile Erection / Q000502:physiology; D010413:Penis / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*