Abstract
Interest in “genital aesthetics” has risen in the last few years and has considerably increased the request for surgical procedures for penile lengthening and girth enhancement. In this field, the urologist first has to detect the patients who can benefit from surgery, then he has to choose, case by case, the most reliable surgical strategy. The authors introduce the problem of correct management of the short penis-complaining patient, with particular regard for the condition known as “hidden penis”. In the second part of the paper, they describe a suitable surgical procedure of penile lengthening in cases of hidden penis; the procedure combines the incomplete section of the suspensory ligament of penis with other manoeuvres (such as perigenital lipo-suction, abdominoplasty etc.) in order to obtain the best aesthetic and functional result.
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