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Penile Lengthening: Z-Plasty

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Penile lengthening techniques are composed of release of the suspensory ligament and penopubic skin advancement. Penopubic skin flap has been used in an attempt to elongate penopubic skin. These procedures are performed to advance full skin covering of the extended penis. Inverted V-Y advancement flap and z-plasty have been mainly used to elongate penopubic skin.

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  1. Department of Urology, Yeungnam University, School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

    Ki Hak Moon MD, PhD

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  1. Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea (Republic of)

    Nam Cheol Park

  2. Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Sae Woong Kim

  3. Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Du Geon Moon

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Moon, K.H. (2016). Penile Lengthening: Z-Plasty. In: Park, N., Kim, S., Moon, D. (eds) Penile Augmentation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46753-4_18

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