Is preputioplasty effective and acceptable?

AUTOR(ES)

Barber, N J

FONTE

The Royal Society of Medicine

RESUMO

Foreskin complaints in childhood, if not manageable conservatively, are usually treated by circumcision. A less radical surgical option, when balanitis xerotica obliterans is absent, is preputioplasty. We sent questionnaires to the parents of 23 boys who had had this procedure and 22 replied.

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