Abstract
Objective:Circumcision is one of the most commonly performed operations during childhood. The procedure is often underestimated in areas where it is frequently executed due to social and religion-based indications. In fact it might be an opportunity to detect and to correct any existing penile anomaly. The aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate the boys who were admitted to a hospital for circumcision and the outcome of the procedure.Methods:The boys who were brought to outpatient clinics for circumcision between 2009-2015, were retrospectively evaluated. The indications for hospital admission and the presence of associated penile anomalies were searched. All the boys were examined and operated by a single surgeon of the institution.Results:Nine hundred forty four boys were brought to pediatric surgery outpatient clinics in order to be circumcised. The operation was performed in 318 of them. The physical examination revealed penile anomalies in 29 of the 318 cases. The detected anomalies were webbed penis, penile torsion, hypospadias, chordee without hypospadias and meatal stenosis.Conclusions:The proper examination of the boys by a physician prior to circumcision provides the detection of penile anomalies which can be corrected at the same session. The arrangements for performing circumcision in hospitals by the medical staff should be favored. The misleading perception of underestimation of the procedure where it is ritually performed, should be corrected.
Highlights
Circumcision is one of the most common surgical procedures performed during childhood.[1,2] The indications for the operation might be recurrent urinary tract infections and pathologic phimosis but generally the social and religion-based factors play an important role in the family’s decision1
There were 944 boys who were admitted to Pediatric Surgery outpatient clinics for circumcision between July 2009 and January 2015
Routine circumcision is commanded in Judaism and is accepted as sunnah in Islam
Summary
Circumcision is one of the most common surgical procedures performed during childhood.[1,2] The indications for the operation might be recurrent urinary tract infections and pathologic phimosis but generally the social and religion-based factors play an important role in the family’s decision1. The perception of circumcision as an operation should be imposed to the parents, especially in countries where the procedure is ritually performed, in order to be able to have it done in a hospital setting by the medical staff
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