Normative penile anthropometry in term newborns in Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional prospective study.

Serwah Bonsu Asafo-AgyeiEmmanuel AmeyawJean-Pierre ChanoineSamuel Blay Nguah

Published in: International journal of pediatric endocrinology (2017)

Using the conventional definition of micropenis as stretched penile length (SPL) < 2.5 standard deviation (SD) below the mean and macropenis as an SPL > 2.5 SD, a Ghanaian term newborn may warrant investigation if he has an MPL < 2.1 cm or > 4.4 cm.

Keyphrases

gestational age
preterm infants
low birth weight
preterm birth
pregnant women
radical prostatectomy
prostate cancer