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Phimosis
Narrowing of foreskin or non retractile foreskin
What do you see – Presentation
Foreskin is completely closed, meatus cannot be seen, painful when retracted, balooning while voiding urine.
When I see such patients, I find..
The foreskin is tightly adherent to glans, meatus (Uretheral opening) not seen, Purulent (pus) discharge from foreskin area.
Ballooning of Prepuce (foreskin), redness of foreskin
Treatment why...?...when..?
Difficulty in voiding urine, recurrent urinary tract infection, Straining and only dribbling and passing urine.
Treatment options
Circumcision one of the oldest operation, basically involves removing the excess skin in the tip of the penis, it is a day care procedure, done in short GA operation lasts for thirty minutes.
Follow Up care
The stitches are dissolvable and need not require removal, there can be a variable degree of swelling and penis may look ugly for ten days.
My Experience
I have done more than four thousand circumcision with no major problems.
Dr. C. SankkaraBarathi
MBBS, MS (Gen), MCh (Paediatric Surgery)
Paediatric Surgeon
Paediatric Urologist
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My Advice on Common Conditions
Undescended Testis
Undescended testis is found in 3% of term boys and 30% of preterm boys.
When the baby is formed in the womb, the testis is initially formed inside the baby’s belly.
Wilms Tumour
This is one of the most common childhood tumour, it affect the kidney, usually affects school going kids, one of the good prognostic tumour.
Phimosis
Narrowing of foreskin or non retractile foreskin. Empty scrotum one side or both sides, can be identify in new born. It can descend in three to four months without any intervention.
Tongue Tie
Is a congenital oral anomaly which may decrease mobility of tongue tip & is caused by an unusually short thick lingual frenulum.
Hypospadias
Abnormal opening of Urethral opening in the under surface of penis, very common pediatric urological problem Incidence is one in five hundred.
Intussusception
Intussusception is the invagination of one part of intestine into another. This occurs in one in 2000 infants. It is the most common abdominal emergency in infants.
Habit Constipation
This is one of the common condition - a child with constipation may have bowel movements less frequently than normal, hard bowel movements, or large, difficult, painful bowel movements.
Hernia - Hydrocele
A small passage has developed or left open connecting the belly to baby's groin, the second common surgical condition next to phimosis.
Appendicitis
Most common acute surgical condition in pediatric age group incident is nearly nine percent in male children and seven percent in female children.
Congenital pyloric stenosis
This occurs between 4th week of age to 6 week of age, can occur in new born also, exact cause not known.