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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Urology

Background:

  • Circumcision is a common surgical procedure globally, but its routine application lacks a strong scientific basis.
  • There's a growing critique of circumcision, with a shift towards non-operative treatments and foreskin-preserving techniques.
  • Differentiating physiological phimosis (self-resolving by age 15) from pathological phimosis is crucial in pediatric cases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the incidence of true phimosis in children presenting to a surgical outpatient department.
  • To differentiate between physiological and pathological phimosis in the pediatric population.
  • To evaluate the necessity and outcomes of circumcision in children.

Main Methods:

  • An observational study was conducted over six years.
  • A protocol was used to distinguish true phimosis from physiological phimosis in children.
  • Data was collected from child patients reporting to the Surgery OPD, representing diverse Indian communities.

Main Results:

  • Out of 566 referred children, only 212 underwent circumcision.
  • True phimosis accounted for 169 circumcisions, with 7 cases of paraphimosis.
  • Nine ritual circumcisions were also performed.

Conclusions:

  • The incidence of true phimosis requiring circumcision in this study population is significantly lower than reported in Western series.
  • Despite being a common procedure, circumcision carries risks of complications.
  • A refined referral and surgical selection protocol is proposed to minimize unnecessary circumcisions.