Penile lengthening procedure with V-Y advancement flap and an interposing silicone sheath: A novel methodology

Abstract

Surgery to augment penile length has become increasingly common. Lack of standardization of this controversial procedure has led to a wide variety of poorly documented surgical techniques, with unconvincing results. The most commonly used technique involves release of the suspensory ligament, with an advancement of an infrapubic skin flap onto the penis via a V-Y plasty. This technique has a major drawback of the possibility of reattachment of the penis to the pubis. We describe a new technique of interposing a silicone sheath along with V-Y advancement flap that overrides this drawback and minimizes the loss of the gained length.

Keywords

• Penile length
• silicone sheath
• suspensory ligament
• symphysis pubis
• V-Y plasty