22,208
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
changed category
==Problem cicatrices==
A circumcision scar may contract and trap the [[glans penis]] inside a tight scar, thus creating [[iatrogenic]] [[phimosis]]. Alpert et al. (2018) presented their successful experience that combines cicatrix [[stretching ]] with a hemostat using local anesthesia in the office followed by several weeks of topical steroids with a minority of patients needing any additional therapy.<ref name="alpert2018">{{REFjournal
|last=Alpert
|first=Seth A.
|init=SA
|author-link=
|last2=Ching
|first2=Christina B.
|init2=CB
|author2-link=
|last3=DaJusta
|first3=Daniel G.
|init3=DG
|author3-link=
|etal=yes
|accessdate=2022-01-17
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision scar]]
{{REF}}
[[Category:Circumcision_complication]]
[[Category:TermMedical term]]
[[de:Narbe (Wundheilung)]]