[Conservative treatment of phimosis in childhood]

Inborn or acquired stenosis of the prepuce is usually relieved by surgery. From the beginning of the nineties work was published where for treatment a steroid cream applied locally is used. The authors describe the method and achieved results of local non-surgical treatment using a corticoid cream made in the Czech Republic. The authors treated phimosis in a total of 44 boys. In 26 the phimosis was congenital, in 18 it was acquired. In the group of inborn phimoses cure was achieved in 100% and in the group of acquired affections in 72%. The final effect of treatment is according to the authors experience influenced by the interest and co-operation of the parents.