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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', also known as '''peno-scrotal webbing''', may be a congenital condition or , however it may be frequently is caused by removal of skin by [[circumcision]], in which case it is an iatrogenic [[complication]] of circumcisiontrauma.<ref name="clcl2022">{{REFweb
|url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24133-webbed-penis
|title=Webbed Penis (Penoscrotal Webbing)
}}</ref>
In this condition the skin of the [[scrotum]] is connected by a web of [[skin ]] with the skin on the ventral side of the [[penis]].<ref name="clcl2022" />== Scrotoplasty ==
The condition may be surgically corrected by a plastic procedure called ''scrotoplasty''.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/16476-scrotoplasty
|title=Scrotoplasty
|date=2021-12-01
|accessdate=2023-09-29
}}</ref> Li et al. (2020) have described one procedure for correction of webbed penis and/or penoscrotal webbing.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Li
|first=
|init=Y
|author-link=
|last2=Zhu
|first2=
|init2=X
|author2-link=
|last3=Feng
|first3=
|init3=D
|author3-link=
|etal=yes
|title=A Modified Scrotoplasty for Treating Severe Penoscrotal Webbing in Children
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Front Pediatr
|location=
|date=2020-09-11
|volume=8
|issue=
|article=
|page=551
|pages=
|url=
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=33072658
|pubmedCID=7533638
|DOI=10.3389/fped.2020.00551
|doi=
|accessdate=2023-09-30
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Penile skin]]
* [[Penoscrotal webbing repair]]
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[[Category:Medical term]]