Cicatrix: Difference between revisions
m adjust REFs |
m changed category |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
==Problem cicatrices== | ==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 | 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 | |last=Alpert | ||
|first=Seth A. | |first=Seth A. | ||
|init= | |init=SA | ||
|author-link= | |author-link= | ||
|last2=Ching | |last2=Ching | ||
|first2=Christina B. | |first2=Christina B. | ||
|init2= | |init2=CB | ||
|author2-link= | |author2-link= | ||
|last3=DaJusta | |last3=DaJusta | ||
|first3=Daniel G. | |first3=Daniel G. | ||
|init3= | |init3=DG | ||
|author3-link= | |author3-link= | ||
|etal=yes | |etal=yes | ||
| Line 74: | Line 74: | ||
|accessdate=2022-01-17 | |accessdate=2022-01-17 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Circumcision scar]] | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
[[Category:Circumcision_complication]] | [[Category:Circumcision_complication]] | ||
[[Category:Medical term]] | |||
[[de:Narbe]] | |||