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Circumcision, meatotomy, meatoplasty, and preputioplasty
Published in Mark Davenport, James D. Geiger, Nigel J. Hall, Steven S. Rothenberg, Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2020
Rachel Harwood, Simon E. Kenny
Physiological phimosis is a self-resolving condition that usually requires reassurance. Ballooning of the prepuce during micturition is of no consequence and not an indication for circumcision. If physiological phimosis is symptomatic, topical steroid therapy can be effective and should be tried prior to considering surgery.
Neonatal and General paediatric Surgery
Published in Stephan Strobel, Lewis Spitz, Stephen D. Marks, Great Ormond Street Handbook of Paediatrics, 2019
Pathological phimosis is an absolute indication for circumcision. Preputial adhesions are common in the first few years of life and normally resolve spontaneously – they do not constitute an indication for circumcision.
Miscellaneous conditions affecting the genitalia
Published in Shiv Shanker Pareek, The Pictorial Atlas of Common Genito-Urinary Medicine, 2018
Phimosis (Fig. 24.8.1) is a constriction of the male foreskin, which as a result, is unable to retract back over the glans penis. This condition may be caused by repeated infection or may be congenital – it is relatively common in male children under the age of five years.
An evaluation of the pharmacotherapeutic options for the treatment of adult phimosis. A systematic review of the evidence
Published in Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2022
Anna Lygas, Hrishikesh Bhaskar Joshi
Phimosis is a medical term originating from Greek word that describes difficulty or inability to retract the distal foreskin over the glans penis [1]. Around ninety–six percent of newborn boys have non-retractable prepuce at birth and a systematic review found that by age ≥ 18 years 3.4% still had phimosis [2] The incidence of LS in children is low and is estimated to be between 5% and 52% [3,4]