Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with penis skin damage after injury gets prepuce surgery
By Smith, M M & Gourley, I M·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1990·Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Preputial reconstruction in a dog.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old dog was brought in for problems with drying and chafing of the end of his penis, which had been happening for almost two years after a traumatic injury when he was just a puppy. The veterinarian performed a complex surgery to rebuild the prepuce (the fold of skin covering the penis) using tissue from the dog's mouth and skin from around the area. This surgery successfully covered the affected area, helping to resolve the dog's discomfort and improve his condition.
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Abstract
A 2-year-old dog was examined after a 22-month history of intermittent drying and chafing of the distal portion of the penis after traumatic loss of the cranial portion of the prepuce and fracture of the os penis at 8 weeks of age. A multiple-staged surgical procedure was performed to reconstruct the prepuce, including free buccal mucosal grafting and transfer of a peripreputial bipedicle subdermal plexus flap. Preputial reconstruction provided mucosal and cutaneous coverage of the penis.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2341323/