• DOI:10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b5a37f
Corpus ID: 36775257

Management of “Buried” Penis in Adulthood: An Overview

@article{Pestana2009ManagementO,
  title={Management of “Buried” Penis in Adulthood: An Overview},
  author={Ivo A. Pestana and J. Greenfield and M. Walsh and C. Donatucci and D. Erdmann},
  journal={Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery},
  year={2009},
  volume={124},
  pages={1186-1195}
}

Ivo A. Pestana, J. Greenfield, +2 authors D. Erdmann

Published 2009

Medicine

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Background: The condition of “buried” penis may arise from several factors. Although the pediatric form is a rare congenital disorder, it may become an acquired condition in adulthood, most commonly from obesity, radical circumcision, or penoscrotal lymphedema. As obesity has become a national epidemic, the incidence of this phenomenon will inevitably increase. The purpose of this article is to present current strategies in the management of this physically and psychologically debilitating… CONTINUE READING

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