Journal article
Patient-Reported Social, Psychological, and Urologic Outcomes After Adult Buried Penis Repair
Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.), Vol.103, pp.240-244
05/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.12.043
PMID: 28132851
Abstract
To assess changes in hygiene, urination, and sexual activity after surgery for adult-acquired buried penis.
The study included men who underwent buried penis repair from 2011 to 2015. Patients were asked pre- and postoperative questions on hygiene, urinary difficulties, sexual difficulties, and difficulties with activities of daily living (modified Post-Bariatric Surgery Quality of Life Questionnaire). Postoperative satisfaction was assessed at a minimum of 6 months. Pre- and postoperative data were compared with chi-squared analyses.
Of 14 eligible patients, 12 completed postoperative questionnaires. Buried penis repair required debridement of penile skin with split-thickness skin grafting to penis (n = 11; 92%), escutcheonectomy (n = 12; 100%) and abdominoplasty (n = 10; 83%), scrotoplasty (n = 7; 59%), and securing the supra-penile dermis to the pubic dermal or periosteal tissue (n = 12, 100%). The average length of follow-up was 31 months (±20 months). Mean age was 50 (±10.5 years) and mean body mass index was 55 (±13.7 kg/m
). Wound complications (all Clavian Grade 1) occurred in 9 of 12 patients. Patients reported improvement in hygiene (100%), urination (91%), and sexual function (41%); 92% of patients reported they would choose to have the surgery again; and 83% felt that surgery had led to a positive change in their lives. The ability to perform most activities of daily living, as assessed by the Post-Bariatric Surgery Quality of Life Questionnaire, improved significantly. Over 90% of men had lost additional body weight at last clinical follow-up.
Buried penis repair positively impacts social, psychological, and functional outcomes for patients. Wound complications should be expected but are easily managed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Patient-Reported Social, Psychological, and Urologic Outcomes After Adult Buried Penis Repair
- Creators
- Maria A Voznesensky - Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IAW Thomas Lawrence - Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IAJerrod N Keith - Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IABradley A Erickson - Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Electronic address: brad-erickson@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.), Vol.103, pp.240-244
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.urology.2016.12.043
- PMID
- 28132851
- ISSN
- 0090-4295
- eISSN
- 1527-9995
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2017
- Academic Unit
- Surgery; Urology
- Record Identifier
- 9984051793202771
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