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The Penis

John M. Hutson AO, MD, DSc (Melb), MD (Monash), FRACS, FAAP, Michael O'Brien PhD, FRCSI (Paed), Spencer W. Beasley MS, FRACS, Warwick J. Teague DPhil (Oxon), FRACS, Sebastian K. King PhD, FRACS (Paed)

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Abstract

This chapter deals with paediatric surgery of diseases affecting the penis. The diseases include phimosis, balanitis, balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO), and hypospadias. Phimosis may be either physiological (the normal prepuce with residual adhesions) or pathological. Balanitis is an infection of the glans penis—the infection of the foreskin is called posthitis and the combination is referred to as balanoposthitis. BXO is a chronic dermatitis of unknown aetiology, similar to lichen sclerosis et atrophicus. Hypospadias is caused by failure of development of the tissues forming the urethra, on the shaft of the penis. The urethral orifice opens on the ventral surface of the penis and does not reach the end of the glans. Hypospadias surgery is one of the most difficult areas of surgery in children.

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This chapter deals with paediatric surgery of diseases affecting the penis. The diseases include phimosis, balanitis, balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO), and hypospadias. Phimosis may be either physiological (the normal prepuce with residual adhesions) or pathological. Balanitis is an infection of the glans penis—the infection of the foreskin is called posthitis and the combination is referred to as balanoposthitis. BXO is a chronic dermatitis of unknown aetiology, similar to lichen sclerosis et atrophicus. Hypospadias is caused by failure of development of the tissues forming the urethra, on the shaft of the penis. The urethral orifice opens on the ventral surface of the penis and does not reach the end of the glans. Hypospadias surgery is one of the most difficult areas of surgery in children.

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This chapter deals with paediatric surgery of diseases affecting the penis. The diseases include phimosis, balanitis, balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO), and hypospadias. Phimosis may be either physiological (the normal prepuce with residual adhesions) or pathological. Balanitis is an infection of the glans penis—the infection of the foreskin is called posthitis and the combination is referred to as balanoposthitis. BXO is a chronic dermatitis of unknown aetiology, similar to lichen sclerosis et atrophicus. Hypospadias is caused by failure of development of the tissues forming the urethra, on the shaft of the penis. The urethral orifice opens on the ventral surface of the penis and does not reach the end of the glans. Hypospadias surgery is one of the most difficult areas of surgery in children.

Key concepts: Balanitis, Foreskin, Glans penis, Medicine, Hypospadias, Glans, Penis, Urethra

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