title: Penile enhancement with rectus muscle fascia and testicular tunica vaginalis grafts: an experimental animal study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To enhance rat penises experimentally with rectus muscle fascia (RMF) and testicular tunica vaginalis grafts (TVG).
  
  
  METHODS
  Twelve Wistar albino rats were distributed into two equal Groups, A and B. There were six rats in each group. RMF and TVG were used to enhance rat penises in Groups A and B, respectively. Circumferences of the penises were measured preoperatively and at three different times after the operation. Two, two and eight rats were killed 10 days, 1 month and 2 months after the operation, respectively, for histopathological examinations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When we compared the measurements of preoperative and immediately postoperative circumferences, the mean increase was 23.4 ± 2.9 % in Group A and 19.9 ± 1.7 % in Group B. According to paired t test, the difference was significant (p < 0001), but the comparison between preoperative and postoperative first-month measurements was not found to be significant (p > 0.05). Histological examinations revealed an intensive inflammatory process at 10 days after the operation. Grafts were found to be totally absorbed in the first- and second-month examinations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our study, implanted TVG and RMF could not survive because of insufficient vascularization and failure to maintain satisfactory surgical success. More studies are needed to increase the effectiveness of surgical techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahi Evran University, Kırsehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sahin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bagbanci
authors.forename: Mumtaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dadali
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Emir
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aydogmus
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D024803:Biomedical Enhancement; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010413:Penis / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017568:Rectus Abdominis; D013737:Testis / Q000637:transplantation*; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000379:methods
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