An Extensive Traumatic Degloving Lesion of the Penis. A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Overview

Journal Int Urol Nephrol

Publisher Springer

Specialty Nephrology

Date 2004 Jun 17

PMID 15198161

Citations 4

Authors

K I Paraskevas

D Anagnostou

C Bouris

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Abstract

Traumatic lesions of the penis and scrotum are often encountered in urological emergency departments. We describe a case of complete unraveling of the penile skin and partial avulsion of the scrotal skin, which was treated without the need for a skin graft, which is usually the selected mode of treatment. Instead, we believe that a less aggressive surgical approach is more beneficial for the patient since it allows faster healing and prevents the development of complications.

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