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Penile torsion

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Penile torsion is a fairly common congenital condition with male infants. It occurs up to about 1 in 80 newborn males. With this condition, the penis appears rotated on its axis, almost always to the left (counterclockwise).[1]

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  1. ^ Eroglu, Egemen; Gundogdu, Gokhan (2015-01-01). "Isolated penile torsion in newborns". Canadian Urological Association Journal. 9 (11–12): E805–E807. doi:10.5489/cuaj.2833. ISSN 1911-6470. PMC 4639432. PMID 26600889.
  • Bar-Yosef Y, Binyamini J, Matzkin H, Ben-Chaim J. Degloving and realignment—simple repair of isolated penile torsion. Urology 2007 Feb;69(2):369-71.
  • Bauer R, Kogan BA. Modern technique for penile torsion repair. J Urol. 2009 Jul;182(1):286-90
  • Snow BW. Penile torsion correction by diagonal corporal plication sutures. Int Braz J Urol. 2009 Jan-Feb;35(1):56-9
  • Abdelhamid A, Zeid A, Soliman H. Penile torsion: An overlooked anomaly with distal hypospadias. Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2010 Apr; 6(2)93-97.
  • Wilcox D, Godbole P, Cooper C.Pediatric Urology Book
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