Choose a Topic:    Scroll down to select . . . Bladder Augmentation Bladder Trauma Circumcision Continent Urinary Diversion Hematuria Kidney (renal) Trauma Penile Augmentation Penile Trauma Testicular Trauma Urethral Trauma Urinary Diversion Penile Augmentation   Increase Text Size The American Urological Association, Inc.® (AUA) considers injection of fat cells for increasing penile girth (width) to be a procedure which has not been shown to be safe or effective. The AUA also considers the cutting of the suspensory ligament of the penis for increasing penile length in adults to be a procedure that has not been shown to be safe or effective. hidden text to enhance searching increase penis width increasing penis width augmentation increase penile width increasing augmentation penile width increase augmentation penis length increasing penis length increase penile length increasing penile length increase penis size increasing penis size increase penile size increasing penile size small penis penis undersized penis penis size penis enlargement penile enlargement penis enlargment penile enlargment penile enhancement penis enhancement augmentation penis lengthening penile lengthening augmentation Reviewed July, 2003   Increase Text Size Back to top Glossary Terms penis:     The male organ used for urination and sex.   suspensory ligament:     Band of tissue that holds the penis up against the pubic bone.   Back to top
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