Preputioplasty

Preputioplasty is any plastic surgical procedure on the prepuce or foreskin. There is increasing recognition that circumcision is not a satisfactory treatment for phimosis.

There are several different procedures. Preputioplasty typically is used to treat phimosis when manual stretching fails. Osmonov et al. (2022) have recently provided an excellent review of available procedures.

Several articles advocate preputioplasty for phimosis in children. The authors seemingly are unaware that developmentally non-retractable foreskin is normal in children, is not pathological, and does not require treatment.

See also

• Frenuloplasty
• Plastic surgery

External links

• Holmlund DE. Dorsal incision of the prepuce and skin closure with Dexon in patients with phimosis. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1973; 7(2): 97-9. PMID. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
• Hoffman S, Metz P, Ebbehøj J. A new technique for phimosis: prepuce-saving technique with multiple Y-V-plasties. Brit J Urol. June 1984; 56(3): 319-21. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  Quote: The operation for phimosis aims at achieving normal preputial retractability and the prepuce need not be removed.
• Emmett AJ. Four V-flap repair of preputial stenosis (phimosis). Plast Reconstr Surg. June 1975; 55(8): 687-9. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
• Parkash S, Rao BR. Preputial stenosis--its site and correction. Plast Reconstr Surg. August 1980; 66(2): 281-2. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  Quote: The resulting prepuce is absolutely normal in appearance and function
• Ohimi T, Qhimi H. Special surgical techniques for relief of phimosis. J Dermatol Surg Oncol. April 1981; 7(4): 326-30. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
• Wahlin N. "Triple incision plasty". A convenient procedure for preputial relief. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1992; 26(2): 107-10. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
• Cuckow PM, Rix G, Mouriquand PG. Preputial plasty: a good alternative to circumcision. J Pediatr Surg. April 1994; 29(4): :561-3. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  Quote: Compared with circumcision, preputial plasty has few complications, and functional and cosmetic results are good, providing the prepuce is mobilized regularly after surgery.
• de Castella H. Prepuceplasty: an alternative to circumcision. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. July 1994; 76(4): 257-8. PMID. PMC. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  Quote: Cuckow et al. have recently pleaded eloquently on behalf of the foreskin and recommended the operation of'preputial plasty', which they claim is a well-recognised procedure in (mainland) Europe. It should extend to the repertoire of British surgeons.
• Lane TM, South LM. Lateral preputioplasty for phimosis. J R Coll Surg Edinb. October 1999; 44(5): 310-2. PMID. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  Quote: All had easily retractile foreskins at follow-up. Large numbers of patients might reasonably benefit from a lateral preputioplasty when presenting with a symptomatic phimosis in the absence of significant scarring of the prepuce. It avoids the needless loss of the foreskin, the importance of which is only now beginning to emerge.
• Saxena AK, Schaarschmidt K, Reich K, Willital, GH. Non-retractile foreskin: a single center 13-year experience. Int Surg. April 2000; 85(2): 180-3. PMID. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
• Fischer-Klein CH, Rauchenwald, M. Triple incision to treat phimosis in children: an alternative to circumcision?. BJU Int. September 2003; 93(4): 459-62;. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  Quote: Triple incision to treat phimosis in children: an alternative to circumcision?
• Angotti R, Molinaro F, Ferrara  F, et al. Preputialplasty: can be considered an alternative to circumcision? When, how, why? Experience of Italian centre. Gland Surg. April 2018; 7(2): 228-233. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  Quote: In conclusion, our technique is a good option of preputialplasty. It is a safe, easy and simple to learn. It is a good alternative to circumcision for patients that can’t accept the exposed glans
• Balaji  BS, Jacob  TJK, Gowri  MS. Acceptability and outcomes of foreskin preservation for phimosis: An Indian perspective. J Family Med Prim Care. 31 May 2020; 9(5): 2297-302. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  Quote: The surgical morbidity and cosmetic outcomes of prepuce preservation techniques result in high satisfaction from parents in communities’ not practicing religious circumcision.