[Long term results of congenital penile curvature treated with cavernosa corpora rotation.]

Introduction: Congenital penile curvature (PCC) is a disorder caused by an alteration in the embryonic development of the urethra and the corporacavernosa, which causes difficulty in penetration, requiring surgical correction when inter course is impossible.
Objective: To analyze the results of the surgical treatment of the IPC by means of rotation of the corpora cavernosa (RCC) described and modified by Shaeer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ten patients diagnosed with PCC with impossibility to inter course, were operated in a period of 36 months. Prior to the intervention,we applied the IIEF-5 questionnaire, measured the length of the penis and the angle of curvature throughself-photographs in three projections. By subcoronal approach,we perform denudation of the penis. On both sides of the urethra we incised Buck's fascia and released the neurovascular bundle from the ventral to the dorsal side. We generate an artificial erection evidencing the curvature. On the dorsal aspect of both corpora cavernosa, we made two incisions in the external longitudinal layer of the tunica albuginea. We sutured the internal and external edges of both incisions together with a 4/0 non-reabsorbable monofilament continuous suture, checking the correction of the curvature by means of an artificial erection. The patients were discharged the day after the intervention. The penile length and curvature were determined in the sixth month, and the IIEF-5 questionnaire. For the comparison of means we used the Mann-Whitney U test.  RESULTS: The mean age was 26.8 years. The average follow-up was 20.7 months (12-31) and the median was 24. Before the intervention, the average curvature was 68.5° (50-90°); the average length 14.2 cm (10-18) and the IIEF-5 of 21. After surgery, the average length was 13.7 cm, the residual curvature the IIEF-5 of 25. There were no statistically significant differences between pre and postoperative penile length,(p=0.08). Nine patients assured that they would under go the same intervention again. CONCLUSIONS: RCC is an effective therapeutic alternative to the techniques of plication or lengthening of the tunica albuginea for the treatment of PCC, main tainingits long-term results.