Clinical Experience of Cryptopenis

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. Received October 2, 2007 Revised October 11, 2007 Accepted May 27, 2008 Address Correspondence: Keun Cheol Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, 1, 3ga, Dongdaeshin-dong, Seo-gu, Busan 602-715, Korea. Tel: 051)240-2968/Fax: 051) 243-5416/E-mail: pokdungi@dau.ac.kr *본 논문은 2006년 제 60차 대한성형외과학회 학술대회에서 구연 발표되었음. 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.