Clinical Experience of Cryptopenis.

Kim, Seok Kwun; Moon, Joo Bong; Heo, Jeong; Kwon, Yong Seok; Sohn, Ho Sung; Lee, Keun Cheol

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2008;35(5):619-621.
Published online September 1, 2008.

Clinical Experience of Cryptopenis.

Seok Kwun Kim, Joo Bong Moon, Jeong Heo, Yong Seok Kwon, Ho Sung Sohn, Keun Cheol Lee

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea. pokdungi@dau.ac.kr
²Jeong and Jeong Aesthetic Plastic Clinic, Kyungbook, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
By virtue of good nourishment, obese boys are increasing in Korea, which may result in prevalence of cryptopenis. As milieu of economy, culture, and society changes, increased attention to the external genitalia in children should encourage surgeon to do assertive treatment for cryptopenis. But various operative methods have been devised yet to need sophistication and revision. The author performed suprapubic lipectomy and operation according to the modification of the Johnston's principle. METHODS: The patient was 5 years old, 32kg, and 122cm. He had no pain or tenderness. The operation was done under general anesthesia. It was done with excision of suprapubic fat, cutting of retracted dartos fascia instead of removing the fascia around penile base, and anchoring of dermis and the cutting margin of the fascia to the underlying fascia such as Buck's fascia, tunica albuginea and rectus fascia at penile base. And then circumcision was performed.
RESULTS
Postoperative complication was not observed. The clinical result of the operation was satisfactory to both surgeon and parents of the patient.
CONCLUSION
Suprapubic lipectomy and anchoring of dermis and retracted cutting dartos fascia margin to the underlying fascia in all directions at the penile base through a single suprapubic incision provide this patient with complacency.

Keywords: Buried penis; Crytopenis