Penile Size and Penile Enlargement Surgery: A Review

B.E. Dillon; N.B. Chama; S.C. Honig

Int J Impot Res. 2008;20(5):519-529.

Conclusions

The issue of penile size is one that will forever be an area of controversy for most men. This review sheds some light on the objective data regarding penile size. To reach a true consensus of penile size, a study comparing men from different races and nationalities would need to be performed. Standard measuring techniques are necessary to determine the results of penile lengthening procedures. We have sufficiently demonstrated medical and surgical conditions in which penile shortening occurs. In addition, we have highlighted the procedures that are currently being performed for penile lengthening, girth enhancement and plastics skin reconstruction, and their associated complications.

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Dr S.C. Honig, Division of Urology, University of Connecticut, 330 Orchard Street, Suite 164, New Haven, CT 6511, USA. E-Mail: stan.honig@gmail.com

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Summary of Penile Size Articles
Authors	Year	Number of subjects	Age range	Flaccid length (cm)	Stretched length (cm)	Erect length (cm)	Flaccid girth (cm)	Erect girth (cm)
Loeb	1899	50	17-35	9.41	—	—	—	—
Schonfeld and Bebe	1942	196	17-25	—	13.1	—	8.5	15.8
Kinsey	1948	2770	20-59	9.7	16.74	—	—	—
Bondil	1992	905	17-91	10.7	16.74	—	—	—
De Ros	1994	150	—	—	—	14.5	11.05/11.92
Wessells	1996	80	21-82	8.85	12.45	12.89	9.71	12.30
Bogaert	1999	935^a	—	10.41	—	16.40	9.75	12.57
		4187^b	—	9.83	—	15.60	9.40	12.19
Ponchietti	2001	3300	17-19	9.0	12.5	—	10.0	—
Schneider	2001	111	18-32	8.60	—	14.48	—	—
Awwad	2005	271	17-83	9.3	13.5	—	8.9	—

^aHomosexual men.
^bHeterosexual men.

Summary of Penile Size Articles
Authors	Year	Number of subjects	Age range	Flaccid length (cm)	Stretched length (cm)	Erect length (cm)	Flaccid girth (cm)	Erect girth (cm)
Loeb	1899	50	17-35	9.41	—	—	—	—
Schonfeld and Bebe	1942	196	17-25	—	13.1	—	8.5	15.8
Kinsey	1948	2770	20-59	9.7	16.74	—	—	—
Bondil	1992	905	17-91	10.7	16.74	—	—	—
De Ros	1994	150	—	—	—	14.5	11.05/11.92
Wessells	1996	80	21-82	8.85	12.45	12.89	9.71	12.30
Bogaert	1999	935^a	—	10.41	—	16.40	9.75	12.57
		4187^b	—	9.83	—	15.60	9.40	12.19
Ponchietti	2001	3300	17-19	9.0	12.5	—	10.0	—
Schneider	2001	111	18-32	8.60	—	14.48	—	—
Awwad	2005	271	17-83	9.3	13.5	—	8.9	—

^aHomosexual men.
^bHeterosexual men.

Penile Circumference Enhancement Studies
Authors	Year	Number of subjects	Age range	Average gain in flaccid circumference (cm)	Average gain in erect circumference (cm)
Austoni	2002	39	24-47	0.15	1.36
Perovic	2006	204	19-54	3.15	2.47
Panfilov	2006	60	24-34	2.65	NA

Abbreviation: NA = not available.

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