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Penis invalidating cicatricial outcomes in an enlargement phalloplasty case with polyacrylamide gel (Formacryl)

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The present article reports the case of a patient subjected to polyacrylamide polymers-composed gel cutaneous infiltration in the penis for cosmetic purposes, resulting in severe invalidating outcomes. A significant tissue reaction to the subcutaneous injection of polyacrylamide gel for the penis enlargement purpose resulted in permanent and invalidating scars both on the esthetic and functional levels. Such a result must be plainly be taken into account both singly and in the light of the international literature to exclude this method as standard uroandrologic activity.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    P C Parodi

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    M Dominici

  3. Department of Urology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    U Moro

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Parodi, P., Dominici, M. & Moro, U. Penis invalidating cicatricial outcomes in an enlargement phalloplasty case with polyacrylamide gel (Formacryl). Int J Impot Res 18, 318–321 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3901415

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