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== Non-retractable foreskin of infancy and childhood == | == Non-retractable foreskin of infancy and childhood == | ||
[[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]] | ||
Boys are almost always born with non-retractable foreskin.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{ | Boys are almost always born with non-retractable foreskin.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{:GairdnerDM1949}}</ref> The inner surface of the foreskin of a newborn baby is fused by a [[synechia]] to the surface of the glans penis so that is non-retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
}}</ref> The inner surface of the foreskin of a newborn baby is fused by a [[synechia]] to the surface of the glans penis so that is non-retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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}}</ref> Moreover the tip of the [[foreskin]] at birth is usually too tight to permit any retraction.<ref name="gairdner1949" /> Thus normal, natural childhood non-retractable foreskin, which must be distinguished from pathological phimosis,<ref name="shahid2012" /> has been given the name ''physiological phimosis'' to distinguish it from ''pathological phimosis'' in adults.<ref name="shahid2012" /> | }}</ref> Moreover the tip of the [[foreskin]] at birth is usually too tight to permit any retraction.<ref name="gairdner1949"/> Thus normal, natural childhood non-retractable foreskin, which must be distinguished from pathological phimosis,<ref name="shahid2012" /> has been given the name ''physiological phimosis'' to distinguish it from ''pathological phimosis'' in adults.<ref name="shahid2012" /> | ||
Physiological phimosis can be divided into three main categories - symptom-free, in need of therapy, and in need of surgery. | Physiological phimosis can be divided into three main categories - symptom-free, in need of therapy, and in need of surgery. | ||