Surgical Correction of Torsion of the Penis

Abstract

Summary— Torsion of the penis is a rare anomaly, believed to be due to abnormal skin attachment and not to any structural abnormality of the corpora. The rotation is usually to the left in a counter‐clockwise fashion. The urethral meatus is placed in an oblique position and the median raphe makes a spiral curve from the base of the penis towards the meatus. Three boys with congenital torsion of the penis are reported. A corrective operation for this condition is described. Penile torsion was first described by Verneuil in 1857, but in the past no operative correction was recommended, since attempts to move the skin around were believed not to correct the spiral alignment of the corpora cavernosa. Copyright © 1981, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved