The curved penis is a “congenital” disorder, because it develops during pregnancy, when defects can occur in the thickness and elasticity of the outer layers of the penis. The congenital curved penis, which may also be associated with hypospadias, can involve 5 different types of recurvatum. However, the most frequent are type 4, due to an anomaly in the development of the cavernous bodies with a normal urethra and outer layers, and type 2, with normal urethra and cavernous bodies, but some abnormal outer layers.

It has been calculated that the incidence of curved penis, of differing degrees of severity, is 0.037% of the male population.

It may be a disease resulting from chromosomal alterations such as Klinefelter’s syndrome, polysomy X, chromosome translocation or deletion, and it is often part of much more complex syndromes such as Prader-Willi and Laurence-Mon Bield, but in most cases it is the result of an androgen secretion deficit during the second-third month of pregnancy. The cause of the androgenic deficit may be at the level of the hypothalamus/hypophysis (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism) or the testicles (hypergonadotropic hypogonadism).

Androline’s cutting edge technology has made it possible to develop a number of innovative devices, such as the Extender and the Penis Builder device, able to combat the disorder and lengthen or straighten the penis through constant or alternated traction.

• Dual-system extender
• Penis Builder