Synechia: Difference between revisions

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|DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409

|accessdate=2019-10-07

}}</ref> ~~The synechial membrane gradually breaks down~~ and ~~releases~~ the foreskin ~~so it can be retracted~~. ~~About~~ 50 percent of boys can retract their foreskin by age 10.<ref>{{REFjournal

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==Penile synechia in childhood==

Øster (1968) was a school physician in Denmark where boys are not usually circumcised. Øster conducted regular examinations of school boys from age 6 through age 17 and recorded his results. Øster reported that 63% of 6-7 year old boys; 48% of 10-11 year old boys; and 3% of 16-17 year old boys had a prepuce that was not fully separated.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Øster

|first=Jakob

|author-link=

|coauthors=

|title=Further fate of the foreskin: incidence of preputial adhesions, phimosis, and smegma among Danish schoolboys

|journal=Arch Dis Child

|date=1968-04-01

|volume=43

|issue=

|pages=200-3

|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2019851/pdf/archdisch01557-0066.pdf

|quote=

|pubmedID=5689532

|pubmedCID=2019851

|DOI=10.1136/adc.43.228.200

|accessdate=2019-10-08

}}</ref> The separation and breakdown and the synechia is natural, normal, spontaneous, and requires no special care. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) report about 50 percent of boys can retract their foreskin by age 10.4, this confirming Øster's report.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Thorvaldsen

|first=MA

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   |DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409
   |accessdate=2019-10-07
-}}</ref> The synechial membrane gradually breaks down and releases the foreskin so it can be retracted.  About 50 percent of boys can retract their foreskin by age 10.<ref>{{REFjournal
+}}</ref>
+==Penile synechia in childhood==
+Øster (1968) was a school physician in Denmark where boys are not usually circumcised. Øster conducted regular examinations of school boys from age 6 through age 17 and recorded his results. Øster reported that 63% of 6-7 year old boys; 48% of 10-11 year old boys; and 3% of 16-17 year old boys had a prepuce that was not fully separated.<ref>{{REFjournal
+ |last=Øster
+ |first=Jakob
+ |author-link=
+ |coauthors=
+ |title=Further fate of the foreskin: incidence of preputial adhesions, phimosis, and smegma among Danish schoolboys
+ |journal=Arch Dis Child
+ |date=1968-04-01
+ |volume=43
+ |issue=
+ |pages=200-3
+ |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2019851/pdf/archdisch01557-0066.pdf
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=5689532
+ |pubmedCID=2019851
+ |DOI=10.1136/adc.43.228.200
+  |accessdate=2019-10-08
+}}</ref> The separation and breakdown and the synechia is natural, normal, spontaneous, and requires no special care. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) report about 50 percent of boys can retract their foreskin by age 10.4, this confirming Øster's report.<ref>{{REFjournal
   |last=Thorvaldsen
   |first=MA