title: Penis invalidating cicatricial outcomes in an enlargement phalloplasty case with polyacrylamide gel (Formacryl).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Parodi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dominici
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Moro
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; C016680:polyacrylamide gels