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Conservative Treatment of Phimosis: Alternatives to Radical Circumcision |
Provides information on conservative treatments of foreskin problems. |
Balanitis |
An explanation of this disorder and its causes. |
Phimosis and Paraphimosis |
Authored by Santos Cantu, Jr., M.D., Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Instructor and Fellow of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine and of Pediatrics, University of Rochester |
Prepuceplasty: an Alternative to Circumcision. |
The operation of prepuceplasty overcomes phimosis in children while conserving the foreskin. The narrowed preputial outlet is incised longitudinally and repaired transversely. When appropriate, this minor procedure produces lasting relief of the deformity, as shown in 55 patients followed for up to 20 years. |