Penoscrotal transposition (PST) is a rare anomaly of the external genitalia that can be complete or incomplete while incomplete type is more common. Various surgical methods are described for correction of incomplete PST. Modified Glenn Anderson’s method is commonly used. This method is known to cause major penile lymphoedema following surgery. Various modifications have been described to prese...

Penile cancer is a rare malignancy estimated to affect 26,000 men globally each year. The association with penile cancer, in particular non-invasive disease, and human papilloma virus (HPV) is well known. Ninety-five percent of cases of penile cancer are squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), which are staged using the TNM staging system. Terminology describing the histological appearance of non-invasi...

tau.amegroups.com © Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Despite effective oral therapies for erectile dysfunction (ED), a proportion of patients will require additional treatments. For patients who are refractory to non-surgical interventions, insertion of a penile prosthesis remains the gold standard (1). In their review of ‘A history of penile implants’, Rodriguez and Pa...

introduction: providing the material for penile reconstruction after release of chordee associated with hypospadias is challenging. we have used the preputial vascularized island flap for this purpose. we report the results of this prospective study. materials and methods: one hundred and twelve boys ranging from 13 months to 12 years of age were enrolled in this study. the location of meatus r...

tau.amegroups.com © Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a major issue following treatments for common male genitourinary cancers like those of the prostate. Placement of a penile prosthesis is the end stage of management in those men with ED post cancer therapy. Described nicely by Dadhich et al. (1), patients post-surgery for certain cancers r...

Background: Vajikarana herbs from Ayurveda are known to enhance the sexual performance in folklore. The objective is to evaluate their effect by molecular and pharmacological screening. Materials and Methods: In the present study, the effect of four Vajikaran Rasayana herbs on penile erection, sperm count, seminal fructose content in vivo and nitric oxide (NO) release in vitro was assessed. Pen...

PURPOSE We report outcomes and complications of the use of porcine small intestine submucosa for correcting penile curvature due to Peyronie's disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study was performed in patients with severe penile curvature (greater than 60 degrees) requiring surgical correction for sexual function. Preoperatively all patients underwent evaluation, including history...

INTRODUCTION Provoked and spontaneous nocturnal erections are thought to play a role in maintenance of male sexual health through oxygenation of the corpus cavernosa. Conversely, hypoxia is thought to be an etiological factor in the pathogenesis of cavernosal fibrosis and long-term erectile dysfunction. It has been hypothesized that the early penile hypoxia after radical prostatectomy (RP) may ...

INTRODUCTION Some men with corrected hypospadias perceive their penile appearance to be abnormal, although health professionals consider these results satisfactory. AIM The aim of this study was to investigate how relevant women consider single aspects of penile appearance to be. Moreover, we studied whether women perceive hypospadias-affected surgically repaired genitals (HASRGs) to be as no...

AIM/OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of morbidity and outcome among patients referred to the Pediatric Surgery Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) following circumcision. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective descriptive study of all patients with complications of circumcision who were managed in LUTH between 2008 and 2010. RESULTS There were 36 patients. The age range was...