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A '''cicatrix''' is a scar resulting from "the healing of a wound, such as one caused by injury, illness, smallpox vaccination, or surgery." Scar tissue is formed by dense masses of granulation tissue.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/cicatrix
|title=Cicatrix
|publisher=The Free Dictionary
|date=2012
|accessdate=2022-01-16
}}</ref>
==Problem cicatrices==
A circumcision scar may contract and trap the [[glans penis ]] inside a tight scar, thus creating [[iatrogenic]] [[phimosis]]. Alpert et al. (2018) presented their successful experience that combines cicatrix [[stretching ]] with a hemostat using local anesthesia in the office followed by several weeks of topical steroids with a minority of patients needing any additional therapy.<ref name="alpert2018">{{REFjournal
|last=Alpert
|first=Seth A.
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|last2=Ching
|first2=Christina B.
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|last3=DaJusta
|first3=Daniel G.
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|title=Combination treatment for cicatrix after neonatal circumcision: An office-based solution to a challenging problem
|journal=Journal of Pediatric Urology
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|last=Fekete
|first=Ferenc
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|last2=Török,
|first2=Alexander
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|last3=Nyirády
|first3=Peter
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|title=Revisions after unsatisfactory adult circumcisions
|journal=Int Urol Nephrol
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|accessdate=2022-01-17
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision scar]]
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[[Category:Circumcision_complication]]
[[Category:Medical term]]
[[de:Narbe]]