Penis

"Penis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.

Descriptor ID	D010413
MeSH Number(s)	A05.360.444.492
Concept/Terms	Penis Penis Glans Penis Glans Penis Glans Peni Peni, Glans Penis, Glans

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Anatomy [A]
Urogenital System [A05]
Genitalia [A05.360]
Genitalia, Male [A05.360.444]
Penis [A05.360.444.492]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Penis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Penis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2005 and 2006 and 2020 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2005	1	2	3
2006	2	1	3
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	3	3
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	3	3
2023	1	1	2
2024	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Penis" by people in Profiles.

Bass D, Clancy K, Gupta A, Dogra V. Penile Evaluation: An Illustrated Review. Ultrasound Q. 2024 Mar 01; 40(1):32-38.

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Schlaepfer CH, Flynn KJ, Alsikafi NF, Breyer BN, Broghammer JA, Buckley JC, Elliott SP, Myers JB, Vanni AJ, Voelzke BB, Zhao LC, Erickson BA. Clinical Validation of an Adult-acquired Buried Penis Classification System Based on Standardized Evaluation of the Penis, Abdomen, and Scrotum. Urology. 2023 Oct; 180:249-256.

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Chen ML, Sun HH, Kasabwala K, Freniere B, Moses RA. Glans Adipodermal Augmentation for Management of Neophallus Fat Atrophy After Penile Implant Insertion: Surgical Technique and Outcomes. Urology. 2023 08; 178:61-66.

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Flynn KJ, Vanni AJ, Breyer BN, Erickson BA. Adult-Acquired Buried Penis Classification and Surgical Management. Urol Clin North Am. 2022 Aug; 49(3):479-493.

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Amend GM, Holler JT, Sadighian MJ, Rios N, Hakam N, Nabavizadeh B, Enriquez A, Shaw N, Vanni AJ, Zhao L, Erickson BA, Buckley JC, Breyer BN. The Lived Experience of Patients with Adult Acquired Buried Penis. J Urol. 2022 08; 208(2):396-405.

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Abramowitz D, Sam AP, Pachorek M, Ruel N, Martins F, Angulo J, Simhan J, Li E, Nikolavsky D, Policastro C, Ramirez-Perez E, Burks F, Shetty Z, Venkatesan K, Hunter C, Gallegos M, Foreman J, Pariser J, Kasabwala K, Lopez D, Macdonald S, Warner J. Multi-institutional review of non-hypospadiac penile urethral stricture management and outcomes. Int J Urol. 2022 05; 29(5):376-382.

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Klein K, Nankya I, Nickel G, Ratcliff AN, Meadows AAJ, Hathaway N, Bailey JA, Stieh DJ, Cheeseman HM, Carias AM, Lobritz MA, Mann JFS, Gao Y, Hope TJ, Shattock RJ, Arts EJ. Deep Gene Sequence Cluster Analyses of Multi-Virus-Infected Mucosal Tissue Reveal Enhanced Transmission of Acute HIV-1. J Virol. 2021 01 13; 95(3).

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Leonard N, Droms R, Lal K, Amano S, Wiss K. Pink, waxy papule on the penile shaft. Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Nov; 37(6):1151-1152.

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Gabel C, Chakrala T, Shah R, Danesh MJ, Dobry AS, Garza-Mayers AC, Ko LN, Nguyen E, St John J, Walls AC, Nigwekar SU, Song PI, Kroshinsky D. Penile calciphylaxis: A retrospective case-control study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 11; 85(5):1209-1217.

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McCullough A, Trussler J, Alnammi M, Schober J, Flacke S. The Use of Penile Computed Tomography Cavernosogram in the Evaluation of Peyronie's Disease: A Pilot Study. J Sex Med. 2020 05; 17(5):1041-1043.

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