Penis invalidating cicatricial outcomes in an enlargement phalloplasty case with polyacrylamide gel (Formacryl).
The present article reports the case of a patient subjected to polyacrylamide polymers-composed gel cutaneous infiltration in the penis for cosmetic purposes, resulting in severe invalidating outcomes. A significant tissue reaction to the subcutaneous injection of polyacrylamide gel for the penis enlargement purpose resulted in permanent and invalidating scars both on the esthetic and functional levels. Such a result must be simply taken into account both singly and in the light of the international literature to exclude this method as standard uro-andrologic activity.
Parodi
P C
PC
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Dominici
M
M
Moro
U
U
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000180:Acrylic Resins; C016680:polyacrylamide gels