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|title=Balanitis xerotica obiterans und ihre Beziehungen zur 'Kraurosis glandi et praeputii penis'
|url=https://wwwlink.springerlinkspringer.com/contentarticle/k2895227m241075610.1007/BF01828558
|journal=Arch Dermatol Syph
|location=Berlin
|last2=Skidmore
|init2=RA
|url=https://wwwpubmed.familypracticencbi.com/references/referencesframenlm.htm?main=/journal/1999/v12nih.n06gov/1206.0610612365/art-1206.06.htm
|title=Balanitis xerotica obliterans and its differential diagnosis
|journal=J Am Board Fam Pract
|pages=101-2
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==Video=====What is Pathological Phimosis===<youtube>v=wNrbEo9ftHw</youtube>
== Conclusion ==
There still seems to a wide range of opinion on the best treatment modalities for BXO. The cause is still unknown, although Shelley et al. (1999) hypothesize spirochete infection.<ref name="neuhaus" /> More research is needed. Now, however, there is a good possibility of successful treatment without radical circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Dalton
|init=JDJDD
|author-link=John Dalton
|url=https://www.bmj.com/cgirapid-response/eletters2011/32110/726428/792#10014bxo-does-not-require-treatment-circumcision
|title=BXO does not require treatment by circumcision (letter)
|journal=BMJ
|date=2000-10-02 |volume=321 |page=792}} rapid response pages.</ref> The trend today seems to be for greater use of medical treatment and less use of radical surgery in the treatment of BXO.
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