Authors: Rakesh Mondal Somosri Ray Kaushani Chatterjee Tapas Kumar Sabui Avijit Hazra Suman Das Jasodhara Chaudhuri Archan Sil Moumita Samanta
Publish Date: 2016/06/08
Volume: 83, Issue: 12-13, Pages: 1398-1404
Abstract
In a tertiary care setting measurements of PL and TV were recorded from 480 babies born on alternate days except the weekend at 24 to 72 h of life by one investigator with the same set of instruments The penis was stretched to the point of increased resistance and the distance from the tip of the glans penis to the pubic ramus was measured as the stretched PL Testicular volume was measured by a Prader orchidometer Improvised beads made of plasticine were used for recording volumes 1 mlIn the study cohort 365 7604 were term babies The mean PL was 34 ± 47 mm for the whole cohort while the corresponding value for mean TV was 06 ± 02 ml The gestation agewise percentile charts of PL and TV have been generated There was modest positive correlation between PL and TV Positive correlation was also observed between PL and TV and birth weight body length and head chest and arm circumference Both PL and TV showed statistically significant increase with gestational age By the index data the cutoff for suspecting abnormal penile length should be 245 or 455 mm for term babiesRM Primary investigator and corresponding author advisor in study conduct and manuscript revision SR Advisor in study conduct and manuscript revision KC TKS and AS Secondary investigator AH Statistician and manuscript revision SD and JC Advisor in manuscript writing MS Acquisition of data and drafting the manuscript RM and SR will act as guarantor for the paper
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