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Phalloplasty (also called penoplasty) [1] is the construction or reconstruction of a penis or the artificial modification of the penis by surgery. The term is also occasionally used to refer to penis enlargement .
A penile implant is an implanted device intended for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, Peyronie's disease, ischemic priapism, deformity and any traumatic injury of the penis, and for phalloplasty or metoidioplasty, including in gender-affirming surgery. Men also opt for penile implants for aesthetic purposes.
Genital modifications are forms of body modifications applied to the human sexual organs. [1] When there's cutting involved, genital cutting or surgery can be used. [1] The term genital enhancement seem to be generally used for genital modifications that modify the external aspect, the way the patient wants it. [1]
Laurence Michael Dillon (1 May 1915 – 15 May 1962) was a British doctor, author, Buddhist monk and the first known transgender man to undergo a phalloplasty. [1] Born in Ladbroke Gardens, Kensington, he and his elder brother moved to Folkestone as children following the death of their mother from sepsis.
Phalloplasty is the other type of surgery to create a penis, but utilizes skin from other areas of the body besides existing genitals. The most common part of the body used in this surgery is the forearm and has the same outcomes as a metoidioplasty. [ 8 ]
Phalloplasty is the process of constructing a penis using a flap (graft) from the patient's arm, thigh, abdomen, or back. [13] Compared to metoidioplasty, phalloplasty provides a larger penis which may more closely resemble a natal penis.
Phalloplasty · Scrotoplasty: Vasectomy · Penectomy · Orchidectomy · Prostatectomy · Posthectomy · Gonadectomy: Vasovasostomy · Vasoepididymostomy: Meatotomy: Circumcision · Foreskin restoration · Orchiopexy · Prostate biopsy: Female reproductive
Alter has been published in numerous medical journals and textbooks pertaining to his specialty and has co-edited a textbook. “ A new technique for correction of the hidden penis in adults and children”, Gary J. Alter and Richard Ehrlich, Journal of Urology 161:455, 1999 [16]