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− | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' was a paediatrician and school doctor from Randers, Denmark. In 1968, he published a study about the incidence of phimosis, tight prepuce, and smegma in various age-groups. Øster (1968) found that the incidence of fusion of the [[foreskin]] with the [[glans penis]] steadily declines with increasing age and foreskin retractability increases with age. | + | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' was a paediatrician and school doctor from Randers, [[Denmark]]. In 1968, he published a study about the incidence of phimosis, tight prepuce, and smegma in various age-groups. Øster (1968) found that the incidence of fusion of the [[foreskin]] with the [[glans penis]] steadily declines with increasing age and foreskin retractability increases with age. |
[[File:Oester.jpg|frame|Percentage of boys with fused foreskin by age according to Øster]] | [[File:Oester.jpg|frame|Percentage of boys with fused foreskin by age according to Øster]] |
Revision as of 12:45, 19 December 2021
Jakob Øster was a paediatrician and school doctor from Randers, Denmark. In 1968, he published a study about the incidence of phimosis, tight prepuce, and smegma in various age-groups. Øster (1968) found that the incidence of fusion of the foreskin with the glans penis steadily declines with increasing age and foreskin retractability increases with age.
Standard work
- Øster J. Further Fate of the Foreskin: Incidence of Preputial Adhesions, Phimosis, and Smegma among Danish Schoolboys . Arch Dis Child. 1968; 43(228): 200-3. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 18 June 2024.