Circumcision in 'buried penis' - A cautionary tale

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-37

  Sivakumar, Branavan ^a   Brown, A A ^b   Kangesu, L ^a,b  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Buried penis'; Circumcision; Complications; Dartos muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURIED PENIS; CASE REPORT; CIRCUMCISION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS INJURY; PHIMOSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREPUCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND HEALING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0347316408     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588404772614669     Document Type: Article

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