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'''Penectomy''' is the practice of ] ] for medical or personal reasons. '''Penectomy''' is ] through ], generally for medical or personal reasons.


==Medical reasons for penectomy==
], for example, sometimes necessitates removal of all or part of the penis.<ref name="pmid17896151">{{cite journal |author=Korets R, Koppie TM, Snyder ME, Russo P |title=Partial penectomy for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis: the memorial sloan-kettering experience |journal=Ann. Surg. Oncol. |volume=14 |issue=12 |pages=3614–9 |year=2007 |pmid=17896151 |doi=10.1245/s10434-007-9563-9}}</ref> In very rare instances, botched ]s have also resulted in full or partial penectomies, as with ]. ] is an exceptionally rare ground for penectomy.
], for example, sometimes necessitates removal of part or all of the penis.<ref name="pmid17896151">{{Cite journal |last1=Korets |first1=Ruslan |last2=Koppie |first2=Theresa M. |last3=Snyder |first3=Mark E. |last4=Russo |first4=Paul |title=Partial Penectomy for Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Experience |journal=Annals of Surgical Oncology |volume=14 |issue=12 |pages=3614–3619 |year=2007 |pmid=17896151 |issn=1068-9265 |doi=10.1245/s10434-007-9563-9|s2cid=24669920 }}</ref> The amount of penis removed depends on the severity of the cancer. Some men have only the tip of their penis removed. For others with more advanced cancer, the entire penis must be removed.<ref name="menshealth">{{Cite web |last=Kennard |first=Jerry |title=Penectomy: Partial and Total Removal of the Penis |publisher=About.com |date=2006-07-22 |url=http://menshealth.about.com/od/cancer/a/Penectomy.htm |access-date=2011-09-25 |archive-date=2016-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402172456/http://menshealth.about.com/od/cancer/a/Penectomy.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In rare instances, a botched ] can also result in a full or partial penectomy, as with ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Colapinto |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wd633hMM2AAC |title=As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl |date=2013-03-05 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=978-0-06-227831-9 |language=en}}</ref>
Genital surgical procedures for ] undergoing ] do not usually involve the complete removal of the penis. Instead, part or all of the ] is usually kept and reshaped as a ], while the skin of the penile shaft may also be inverted to form the vagina (some more recently-developed procedures, such as that used by Dr. ] use the ] to form the vaginal walls, and the skin of the penile shaft to form the ]). When procedures such as this are not possible, other procedures such as ] are used which may involve the removal of the penis.


] can also be a reason for penectomy and/or ].
Issues related to the removal of the penis appear in psychology, for example in the condition known as ].


===Follow-up support===
Some men have undergone a penectomy (not penectomies...you can only do it once) as a voluntary ], but professional opinion is divided as to whether or not the desire for penile amputation is a pathology, thus including it as part of a ].
Because of the rarity of cancers which require the partial or total removal of the penis, support from people who have had the penis removed can be difficult to find locally. Website support networks are available.<ref name="menshealth" /> For instance, the American Cancer Society's Cancer Survivors Network website provides information for finding support networks.<ref name="acs-csn">{{Cite web| title=Cancer Survivors Network |publisher=American Cancer Society |url=http://csn.cancer.org/ |access-date=2011-09-25}}</ref> ] is also an option for surgical reconstruction of a penis.
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===Sexual support===
Males who consider themselves ] will sometimes want a ], i.e. they opt to be ] and penectomized.
Patients who have undergone a partial penectomy as a result of a penile cancer diagnosis have reported similar sexual outcomes as prior to surgery.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sansalone|first1=Salvatore|last2=Silvani|first2=Mauro|last3=Leonardi|first3=Rosario|last4=Vespasiani|first4=Giuseppe|last5=Iacovelli|first5=Valerio|date=2015|title=Sexual outcomes after partial penectomy for penile cancer: results from a multiinstitutional study|url=http://www.ajandrology.com/preprintarticle.asp?id=168690|journal=Asian Journal of Andrology|volume=19|language=en|issue=1|pages=57–61|doi=10.4103/1008-682X.168690|issn=1008-682X|pmc=5227676|pmid=26643562 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Sexual support therapists and specialists are available nationally in the United States and can be accessed through the specialist cancer services.<ref name="menshealth" /> Many surgeons or hospitals will also provide this information postoperatively. Local government health services departments may be able to provide advice, names, and contact numbers.{{tone inline|date=March 2023}}


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Latest revision as of 11:03, 27 December 2024

Medical removal of the penisThis article is about surgical removal of the penis. For the removal of the penis other than by surgery (e.g. torture), see Penis removal. Not to be confused with Sex reassignment surgery (male-to-female).Not to be confused with Castration.
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Medical intervention
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Diagram of a penectomy
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Penectomy is penis removal through surgery, generally for medical or personal reasons.

Medical reasons for penectomy

Cancer, for example, sometimes necessitates removal of part or all of the penis. The amount of penis removed depends on the severity of the cancer. Some men have only the tip of their penis removed. For others with more advanced cancer, the entire penis must be removed.

In rare instances, a botched circumcision can also result in a full or partial penectomy, as with David Reimer.

Fournier gangrene can also be a reason for penectomy and/or orchiectomy.

Follow-up support

Because of the rarity of cancers which require the partial or total removal of the penis, support from people who have had the penis removed can be difficult to find locally. Website support networks are available. For instance, the American Cancer Society's Cancer Survivors Network website provides information for finding support networks. Phalloplasty is also an option for surgical reconstruction of a penis.

Genital area of male after partial penectomy

Sexual support

Patients who have undergone a partial penectomy as a result of a penile cancer diagnosis have reported similar sexual outcomes as prior to surgery. Sexual support therapists and specialists are available nationally in the United States and can be accessed through the specialist cancer services. Many surgeons or hospitals will also provide this information postoperatively. Local government health services departments may be able to provide advice, names, and contact numbers.

See also

References

  1. Korets, Ruslan; Koppie, Theresa M.; Snyder, Mark E.; Russo, Paul (2007). "Partial Penectomy for Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Experience". Annals of Surgical Oncology. 14 (12): 3614–3619. doi:10.1245/s10434-007-9563-9. ISSN 1068-9265. PMID 17896151. S2CID 24669920.
  2. ^ Kennard, Jerry (2006-07-22). "Penectomy: Partial and Total Removal of the Penis". About.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
  3. Colapinto, John (2013-03-05). As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-227831-9.
  4. "Cancer Survivors Network". American Cancer Society. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
  5. Sansalone, Salvatore; Silvani, Mauro; Leonardi, Rosario; Vespasiani, Giuseppe; Iacovelli, Valerio (2015). "Sexual outcomes after partial penectomy for penile cancer: results from a multiinstitutional study". Asian Journal of Andrology. 19 (1): 57–61. doi:10.4103/1008-682X.168690. ISSN 1008-682X. PMC 5227676. PMID 26643562.

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