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Penile length of newborns and children in Surakarta, Indonesia

Author(s) -

Annang Giri Moelyo,

Melita Widyastuti

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

paediatrica indonesiana

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2338-476X

pISSN - 0030-9311

DOI - 10.14238/pi53.2.2013.65-9

Subject(s) - medicine , micropenis , gestational age , ambiguous genitalia , glans , penis , sex organ , hypospadias , population , gynecology , obstetrics , pediatrics , surgery , pregnancy , environmental health , biology , genetics

Background Penile length is a factor for assessing abnormalities inexternal genitalia. To diagnose micropenis, a condition in whichpenile length is 36weeks) newborns were 1.88 (SD 0.14) cm and 2.3 7 (SD 0.26) cm,respectively. The mean penile lengths by age groupings were asfollows: 0-<6 months, 2.67 (SD 0.58) cm; 6- < 12 months, 2.67(SD 0.58) cm; 1- <3 years, 2.80 (SD 0.84) cm; 3-<5 years, 3 .50(SD 0.55) cm; 5- <7 years, 3 .50 (SD 0.71) cm; 7-<9 years, 3 .85(SD 0.53 ) cm; 9-<ll years, 4.50 (SD 0.71) cm; 11-< 13 years,4.63 (SD 1.13) cm; 13-< 15 years, 5.53 (SD 1.45) cm; and 15-18years, 6.16 (SD 1.19) cm.Conclusion Normal penile length in boys in Surakarta is smallerthan the normal range reference currently in use.

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