Abstract
The long-term results of the management in adulthood of congenital curvature of the penis (ventral, lateral and dorsal) without hypospadias using 3 different techniques are carefully evaluated based on our experience. A total of 116 patients were operated on for congenital curvature of the penis without hypospadias in adulthood between January 1985 and December 2004 of whom 87 (75%) (mean age 24 years) were available for evaluation by a telephone survey. A total of 54 ventral, 28 lateral and 5 dorsal penile curvatures were operated on with a mean followup of 89 months. Bend was managed with Nesbit's procedure in 18, plication in 7 and the Heineke-Mikulitz technique in 62 men. There were no significant intraoperative or postoperative complications. Overall 81 of the 87 patients (93.1%) were successfully treated with 1 operation. Curvature recurrence was less common in patients treated with the Heineke-Mikulitz technique. There were no complaints of de novo erectile dysfunction, but 15 men complained of shortening of the penis and 4 experienced decreased sensation of the glans. Although feasible in cases of different types of congenital curvature, in our 20-year experience chordectomy always reduced the bend but patients could never completely straighten the penis by themselves. Surgical correction was reported by patients to be highly successful using the Heineke-Mikulitz technique, and statistical analysis revealed it to be significantly better than plication or the Nesbit procedure in terms of palpable nodules, recurrence and overall satisfaction.
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