Therapeutic effects of modified Devine surgery for concealed penis in children

摘要

ObjectiveConsiderable controversy exists regarding the surgical indications for a concealed penis. We herein describe a modified technique for correction of a concealed penis. The superfluous inner plate is resected to accelerate the disappearance of the postoperative lymphedema, and the skin between the penis and scrotum is trimmed to recover the penoscrotal angle.MethodsFrom January 2014 to October 2017, 79 patients with a concealed penis underwent our modified Devine penoplasty procedure. We measured the penile length preoperatively and postoperatively to confirm the improvement. A questionnaire was administered to the patients’ parents to assess satisfaction regarding penile size, morphology, voiding status, and hygiene.ResultsThe perpendicular penile length was 1.88?±?0.76?cm preoperatively and 4.42?±?0.48?cm postoperatively, representing a significant improvement(p?