Abstract
Understanding of the natural history of separation of the inner surface of the intact prepuce from the glans is paramount to the care of the uncircumcised penis. As emphasized by the authors, all too often, the child (and over anxious parent) is referred to specialists by even the most knowledgeable medical practitioner for circumcision due to inability to retract, residual adhesions, infection of cyst (almost always smegma). In Western countries like the USA, where historically circumcision has been the norm, educating the families about this natural process of prepucial separation right from birth, and essentially reassuring them that time and a hands-off approach for the foreskin is all that is necessary in the long run, should be reinforced. Whether families and referring physicians will concur, is conjecture.
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Godbole, P.P., Wilcox, D.T. (2012). Care and Conditions of the Uncircumcised Phallus. In: Bolnick, D., Koyle, M., Yosha, A. (eds) Surgical Guide to Circumcision. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2858-8_17
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