[Albuginea plication as treatment of congenital penile curvature]

Presentation of results obtained when correction of congenital incurvation of the penis is done with the albuginea plication technique (with no resection of an albuginea wedge). Two left lateral, two ventral and one complex (ventral plus lateral) incurvations were performed. In four cases, curvature correction was achieved. In the case of complex curvature, a certain degree of lateral incurvation persisted, probably because the number of applications applied was insufficient. Partial necrosis of the penis skin in one case was attributed to simultaneous subcoronal and pubic approach. The simple plication of the albuginea is considered to be an adequate technique to resolve this type of congenital malformation.