Penile Lengthening for Traumatic Penile Amputation Due to Ritual Circumcision: A Case Report
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Plastic Surgery
- Vol. 44 (3) , 311-316
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000637-200044030-00010
Abstract
Some tribes in South Africa still practice ritual circumcision in adolescent boys. A traditional healer performs the procedure and, not uncommonly, amputation occurs. The authors present a case of a 20-year-old man who sustained a midshaft penile amputation as a result of a ritual circumcision. Treatment was with a modified penile-lengthening technique that incorporates gracilis muscle transposition to fill the dead space created after detaching the penile suspensory ligament. This may help prevent retraction. Almost 3 cm of lengthening was obtained. This is a useful method of treatment for penile amputation. Silfen R, Hudson DA, McCulley S. Penile lengthening for traumatic penile amputation due to ritual circumcision: a case report. Ann Plast Surg 2000;44:311-316Keywords
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