| Penile curvature (penis curvature) |
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There are no translations available. Outpatient surgery and highly developed suture material that is inert and non allergic and the development of microsurgery enabled this operation to be performed safely on the penis. The simultaneous use of a penis prosthesis is sometimes important and complementary to the procedure. Penile curvature penis curvature) is caused by the development of fibrosis on the contra lateral side of the curvature of the penis at the area of the facial investment of the erectile tissue of the penis, namely the corpus cavernosum. The reason for th at may be immunological, traumatic or due to any type of injection and in particular if the latter has been used for a long time. Patients who have a penis curvature of any degree due to injuries of the penis, induratio penis plastica (IPP or pyroni `s disease) or patients who inject themselves locally for the treatment of impotence if this results in local fibrosis. The patient who has penis curvature lies on the back during the operation. The penis is incised at the side of foreskin. The fibrosed area is made ready for surgery. The erectile tissue is injected with pharmacological agent to prove erection and localise the diseased area. The nerves and vessels (arteries and veins) of the penis are made ready for surgery though a fine microsurgical dissection to protect them from injury. Doubled sutures are put on the contra lateral side of the curvature to straighten the penis. In advanced cases the fibrosed area is excised and closed or even replaced and covered by a piece of pre treated pericardium. The neurovascular bundle is replaced on the dorsum of the penis. The incision is closed. In some complicated cases where the septum of the penis is fibrosed and hardened through deposition of calcium plaques, it is necessary to insert a penis prosthesis and manipulate the hard calcified plate accordingly. There is a new method that we now apply which does not cause any loss of the length of the penis. This is done through incising the indurated area at the penis curvature and covering it with bovine pericardium. |