Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with micropenis and urine dribbling treated by prepuce surgery
By Zhang, Mengxuan et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2023·From College of Veterinary Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Preputial Shortening Reconstruction Surgery in a Dog with a Micropenis and Prepuce-to-Penis Size Disparity.
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Plain-English summary
A 1-year-old male Shih Tzu was brought in for frequent urinary tract infections, prostatitis, and urine dribbling that didn't improve with medication. After tests showed he had a micropenis and an unusually large prepuce (the sheath covering the penis), the vet performed surgery to shorten the prepuce. Although the dog had some urine dribbling right after the surgery, he made a full recovery and no longer had issues with dribbling or UTIs a year later. This surgery helped improve his quality of life significantly.
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Abstract
A 1 yr old castrated male shih tzu was referred for recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI), prostatitis, and urine dribbling that was not responsive to medical management. Physical examination and computed tomography scan revealed a micropenis with a disproportionately high prepuce-to-penis ratio. Preputial shortening with a hexagonal, full thickness preputial resection followed by preputial anastomosis was performed. The dog recovered from surgery with no complications. Urine dribbling persisted in the short-term postoperative period, but the patient achieved significant clinical improvement and resolution of his urine dribbling and recurrent UTIs at the 1 yr follow-up. In conclusion, this surgical technique was able to successfully restore quality of life in a dog with a micropenis, and preputial shortening should be considered in cases of recurrent UTIs where there is significant disparity between the size of the penis and the prepuce.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37708477/