Care of intact, foreskinned boys: Difference between revisions
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) Add section. |
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) →Spontaneous disintegration of the synechia: Revise citation. |
||
| Line 116: | Line 116: | ||
==Spontaneous disintegration of the synechia== | ==Spontaneous disintegration of the synechia== | ||
The inner foreskin is fused from birth with the [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]]. The synechia spontaneously disintegrates to release the foreskin.<ref name="deibart1933" /> The disintegration usually occurs in childhood but will persist into adolescence in a few cases. | The inner foreskin is fused from birth with the [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]]. The synechia spontaneously disintegrates to release the foreskin.<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Deibart | |||
|init=GA | |||
|title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis | |||
|journal=Anat Rec | |||
|date=1933-11 | |||
|volume=57 | |||
|issue= | |||
|pages=387-99 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/deibert/ | |||
|quote= | |||
|pubmedID= | |||
|pubmedCID= | |||
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409 | |||
|accessdate=2023-08-16 | |||
}}</ref> The disintegration usually occurs in childhood but will persist into adolescence in a few cases. | |||
When a young boy urinates, the [[foreskin]] may [[Ballooning of the foreskin| balloon]] slightly and the pressure will tend to lift the [[foreskin]] away from the [[glans penis]]. | When a young boy urinates, the [[foreskin]] may [[Ballooning of the foreskin| balloon]] slightly and the pressure will tend to lift the [[foreskin]] away from the [[glans penis]]. | ||