Penile plication is a surgical procedure that reduces or eliminates a curved penis caused by Peyronie’s disease or a birth defect. The surgery is highly successful, and for most University of Utah ...

Diaphragm plication is a procedure to treat a paralyzed diaphragm. The diaphragm is a thin, dome-shaped muscle that separates your chest and abdomen. When you inhale, your diaphragm will move down to ...

There are several plication techniques available. A number of variations exist and are performed by thoracoscopic, laparoscopic, open or hybrid techniques. With improved robotic and videoscopic ...

Tunica albuginea plication (TAP) surgery for Peyronie’s disease (PD) is classically described using nonabsorbable suture. Many patients are aware of nodularity at the suture sites (50–88%), and some ...

Thirty patients underwent surgery with no mortality; twenty nine of them reported improvement from their major problem, which was the prolapse. Only one patient, a forty-seven-year-old male, had ...