Penile Augmentation
This book presents state of the art knowledge on penile augmentation with a view to providing a guide that will be highly relevant to clinical practice. The coverage is wide ranging, with clear descriptions of penile anatomy, patient selection and counsel
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Penile Augmentation
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Penile Augmentation
Nam Cheol Park • Sae Woong Kim Du Geon Moon Editors
Penile Augmentation
Editors Nam Cheol Park Pusan National University Hospital Busan South Korea
Du Geon Moon Korea University Guro Hospital Seoul South Korea
Sae Woong Kim Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Seoul South Korea
ISBN 978-3-662-46752-7 ISBN 978-3-662-46753-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-46753-4
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Foreword
Penile augmentation is an important part of penile surgery, in which nomenclature is variable like augmentation penoplasty, enhancement phalloplasty, penile lengthening and augmentation surgery, penile lengthening and girth enhancement, and penile lengthening and thickening surgery. Surgical techniques for penile augmentation have evolved continuously on the aspect of the medical demand and supply caused by men’s desire to prefer larger penis as well as various social and cultural background. There are some controversies about the rationality because the surgical indication and standardization of surgical techniques have not yet been confirmed except the limited clinical situations including micropenis, concealed penis and acquired short penis due to injury or iatrogenic causes. Nevertheless, the clinical necessity of penile augmentation is beginning to be accepted like aesthetic surgery for women as the opposition theory. Penile augmentation is mainly performed by girth enhancement and lengthening. Several new techniques and modifications for penile augmentation have been introduced in the world literatures. The techniques for penile girth enhancement are consist of synthetic material injection or implantation; tissue autograft using fat, dermis or fascia;
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