Buried penis

Six cases of buried penis in childhood are recorded. An attempt has been made to clarify the nomenclature of a number of penile deformities over which there has been some confusion. The treatment of buried penis, which should be completed before school age, depends upon freeing the penile shaft from abnormal attachments and correcting the skin defect. The importance of the tethering fibromuscular bands between the penile shaft and abdominal wall has not previously been stressed.