Sutureless prepuceplasty with wound healing by second intention: An alternative surgical approach in children's phimosis treatment

A study published in BMC Urology 2008, 8:6 doi:10.1186/1471-2490-8-6. Children aged from 2 to 14 were diagnosed with phimoses, in addition to other ailments. The phimosis was treated with sutureless prepuceplasty with good results. A longitudinal dorsal slit is healed by second intention, that is, the wound is allowed to close naturally without sutures.

One thing that comes to mind reading this study is how phimosis could be diagnosed in boys as young as two years old. The average age of foreskin retractability is 10 years. When a boy is born, the foreskin is normally fused to the glans. The foreskin gradually separates until the foreskin is retractable.