A single surgeon's experience of 65 cases of penoplasty for congenital megaprepuce, with special reference to mid- to long-term follow-up.

PURPOSE: There are few reports about postoperative outcome of penoplasty (PP). We present the results of mid- to long-term follow-up of PP performed for congenital megaprepuce (CMP).

METHODS

Data from 65 CMP cases treated by PP performed by a single surgeon from 2000 to 2014 were collected prospectively. All cases were treated using the technique reported by Cuckow (Pediatric surgery. Springer, Berlin, pp 543-554, 2006).

RESULTS

Mean age at PP was 5.9 years (range 0.4-13.9). All cases presented as infants and some 12 cases (18.5 %) had PP when 10 or more years old. There were no intra- and postoperative complications. Mean duration of follow-up was 3.6 years (range 0.1-17.5). Duration of follow-up was 4 years or less in 48 (73.8 %), 5-9 years in 13 (20.0 %), and 10 or more years in 4 (6.2 %). While postoperative penile cosmesis was good in 63/65 (96.9 %) cases without scrotal deformity, 2/65 (3.1 %) had redundant penile skin excised upon the recommendation of the treating surgeon even though the patients and parents were unconcerned.

CONCLUSION

Mid- to long-term follow-up of our PP cases shows that outcome is cosmetically acceptable and stable.