Phimosis in a 10-yr-old Boy Without Urinary Infection-How to Inform Parents: Against Circumcision

In a 10-yr-old boy with no abnormalities or symptoms other than nonretractability of the foreskin, the foreskin should be preserved. If treatment is needed, local corticoid application should be used as first-line therapy, as it gives excellent results in up to 90% of cases, before removing this sensitive part of the body.

European urology focus. 2017 Jun 20 [Epub ahead of print]

Anne-Karoline Ebert, Maximilian Stehr

Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Medical University Ulm, Ulm, Germany. Electronic address: ., Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Cnopfsche Kinderklinik, Nürnberg, Germany.