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Patients were classified into three groups: degloving alone (Group 1,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200985), tunica albuginea plication (Group 2,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200972), and Heinecke\u2013Mikulicz corporoplasty (Group 3,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200919).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The mean age at surgery was 7.6\u2009\u00b1\u20093.2 years (range: 4\u201311). Curvature was mainly ventral or ventrolateral (84.8%). Mean preoperative curvature angles were 36.2\u00b0, 37.4\u00b0, and 41.4\u00b0 in Groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Adequate correction was achieved with degloving alone in 48.2% of patients. In those requiring additional correction, complete straightening was obtained in all cases (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). During a mean follow-up of 26.7\u2009\u00b1\u200917.7 months, curvature recurrence occurred in 18.8%, 19.4%, and 21.1% of patients in Groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Late complications included palpable suture knots in two patients from Group 2 and four from Group 3.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Tunica albuginea plication is a safe, effective, and practical option for correcting penile curvature in children when degloving alone is insufficient.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00383-026-06302-z","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,3]],"date-time":"2026-02-03T11:29:49Z","timestamp":1770118189000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Efficacy and long-term outcomes of congenital penile curvature treatment in children using tunica albuginea plication and Heinecke\u2013Mikulicz corporoplasty"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"42","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6690-8412","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aziz Serhat","family":"Baykara","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9152-9636","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cigdem Arslan","family":"Alici","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,3]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"6302_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"100462","DOI":"10.1016\/j.esxm.2021.100462","volume":"9","author":"SB Kusin","year":"2021","unstructured":"Kusin SB, Khouri RK Jr, Dropkin BM et al (2021) Plication for correction of congenital penile curvature: with or without degloving? 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