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{{Short description|Medical removal of the penis}}{{About|surgical removal of the penis|the removal of the penis other than by surgery (e.g. torture)|Penis removal}}
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'''Penectomy''' is [[penis removal]] through [[surgery]], generally for medical or personal reasons.

==Medical reasons==
[[Cancer]], for example, sometimes necessitates removal of part or all of the penis.<ref name="pmid17896151">{{Cite journal |last1=Korets |first1=Ruslan |last2=Koppie |first2=Theresa M. |last3=Snyder |first3=Mark E. |last4=Russo |first4=Paul |title=Partial Penectomy for Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Experience |journal=Annals of Surgical Oncology |volume=14 |issue=12 |pages=3614–3619 |year=2007 |pmid=17896151 |issn=1068-9265 |doi=10.1245/s10434-007-9563-9|s2cid=24669920 }}</ref> The amount of penis removed depends on the severity of the cancer. Some men have only the tip of their penis removed. For others with more advanced cancer, the entire penis must be removed.<ref name="menshealth">{{Cite web |last=Kennard |first=Jerry |title=Penectomy: Partial and Total Removal of the Penis |publisher=About.com |date=2006-07-22 |url=http://menshealth.about.com/od/cancer/a/Penectomy.htm |access-date=2011-09-25 |archive-date=2016-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402172456/http://menshealth.about.com/od/cancer/a/Penectomy.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In rare instances, a botched [[circumcision]] can also result in a full or partial penectomy, as with [[David Reimer]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Colapinto |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wd633hMM2AAC |title=As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl |date=2013-03-05 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=978-0-06-227831-9 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Fournier gangrene]] can also be a reason for penectomy and/or [[orchiectomy]].

===Follow-up support===
Because of the rarity of cancers which require the partial or total removal of the penis, support from people who have had the penis removed can be difficult to find locally. Website support networks are available.<ref name="menshealth" /> For instance, the American Cancer Society's Cancer Survivors Network website provides information for finding support networks.<ref name="acs-csn">{{Cite web| title=Cancer Survivors Network |publisher=American Cancer Society |url=http://csn.cancer.org/ |access-date=2011-09-25}}</ref> [[Phalloplasty]] is also an option for surgical reconstruction of a penis.
[[File:Partial penectomy.jpg|thumb|Genital area of male after partial penectomy]]

===Sexual support===
Patients who have undergone a partial penectomy as a result of a penile cancer diagnosis have reported similar sexual outcomes as prior to surgery.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sansalone|first1=Salvatore|last2=Silvani|first2=Mauro|last3=Leonardi|first3=Rosario|last4=Vespasiani|first4=Giuseppe|last5=Iacovelli|first5=Valerio|date=2015|title=Sexual outcomes after partial penectomy for penile cancer: results from a multiinstitutional study|url=http://www.ajandrology.com/preprintarticle.asp?id=168690|journal=Asian Journal of Andrology|volume=19|language=en|issue=1|pages=57–61|doi=10.4103/1008-682X.168690|issn=1008-682X|pmc=5227676|pmid=26643562 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Sexual support therapists and specialists are available nationally in the United States and can be accessed through the specialist cancer services.<ref name="menshealth" /> Many surgeons or hospitals will also provide this information postoperatively. Local government health services departments may be able to provide advice, names, and contact numbers.{{tone inline|date=March 2023}}

==See also==
* [[Metoidioplasty]]
* [[Nullo (body modification)]]
* [[Penis transplantation]]
* [[Phalloplasty]]
* [[Sex reassignment surgery (male-to-female)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Spoken Wikipedia|En-penectomy.ogg|date=2019-11-06}}

{{Male genital procedures}}

[[Category:Male genital surgery]]
[[Category:Human penis]]
[[Category:Surgical removal procedures]]
[[Category:Male genital modification]]