Post Date December, 03 2023
Andrologists say that although most children's foreskin and phimosis are physiological and disappear automatically when they grow up, surgical treatment is not necessary, this does not mean that all children's foreskin and phimosis do not require surgical treatment. So, which phimosis children need surgery? Next, we will follow experts from the Global Hospital Network to learn about it.
Which phimosis children need surgery? Andrologists say that many children can now be cured through conservative treatment. Only a few phimosis require circumcision. There are different opinions about the operation of circumcision. However, surgery may be considered in the following situations:
1、 Cicatricial stenosis of the prepuce opening. Unlike physiological phimosis, hard scar tissue can be seen at the foreskin opening of cicatricial phimosis, making the foreskin opening inelastic and unable to expand and retreat to expose the glans. Generally, treatment can only be performed through circumcision, but cicatricial phimosis is is relatively rare in children under the age of 5.
2. Even if it is a physiological phimosis, and both parents and doctors believe that surgery should be performed, there is no need to worry too much. Although there are always risks associated with surgery, the view that long-term friction between the penis and pants after surgery can reduce sensitivity and affect future sexual life is lacking in evidence. Imagine that in countries such as Israel, boys undergo circumcision due to religious reasons, while in Nordic countries, the proportion of boys undergoing circumcision is very low, but there is no evidence that there is a significant difference in the incidence of sexual dysfunction among adult males in these two regions.
