Surgical correction of circumcision complications

Abstract

Background. Circumcision is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in men. Approximately 20 % of men in the world have undergone circumcision. It helps to prevent infections and inflammatory diseases of the lower urinary tract and reduces the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, helps to reduce the risk of developing glans cancer in men and cervical dysplasia in women. Being aware of complications that may occur after circumcision allows to conduct the surgery in a way that minimizes the risk of complications.Aim. To analyze both the circumcisio complications and their surgical management.Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of a case series of 53 patients with complications after circumcision was performed: 30 patients underwent circumcision in childhood (average age 3.2 ± 1.8 years), 23 patients have been circumcised as adults (average age 34.9 ± 7.8 years). Complications that occurred in different age groups were analyzed, as well as their surgical management.Results. In this study, complications such as insufficient foreskin excision, severe scarring of the penile skin, phimosis recurrence, excessive foreskin excision, residual synechiae on the glans, amputation of the glans or the shaft, bleeding or hematoma formation, purulent inflammatory disease of the penile skin and glans, complications caused by local anesthetics, urethral injury with subsequent fistula formation or ischemia, meatostenosis have been observed in patients. All patients underwent surgical correction to achieve high functional and cosmetic results.Conclusion. Understanding the causes of circumcision complications and surgical management is a high priority task for the andrology community.