Authors: Dor Golomb, Bezalel Sivan, Pinhas M Livne, Amihay Nevo, David Ben-Meir

Publication date: 2018/2/1

Journal: Urology

Volume: 112

Pages: 161-163

Publisher: Elsevier

Description:

• Objective
  To assess the postpubertal outcome of ventral penile curvature repaired in infancy in terms of recurrence and aesthetics.
• Materials and methods
  Postpubertal patients treated for hypospadias and ventral penile curvature in infancy at a tertiary medical center were invited to undergo assessment of the quality of the repair. Findings were compared between patients with a straight penis after skin release and patients who required dorsal plication.
• Results
  The cohort included 27 patients of mean age 16.5 years who were reported with straight penis after surgery. Postpubertal curvature was found in 6 of 14 patients (43%) successfully treated by skin release and 10 of 13 patients (77%) who underwent dorsal plication (P = .087). Significant curvature (≥30 degrees) was found in 1 of 14 patients in the skin-release group and 4 of 13 in the dorsal plication group (P = .16). Rates of redo urethroplasty were 2 of 14 …