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Preputioplasty
Preputioplasty or prepuce plasty, also known as "limited dorsal slit with transverse closure", is a plastic surgical operation on the prepuce or foreskin of the penis, to widen a narrow non-retractile foreskin which cannot comfortably be drawn back off the head of the penis in erection because of a constriction (stenosis) which has not expanded after adolescence. Preputioplasty is a treatment for phimosis in the alternative to circumcision and radical dorsal slit * which is conservative, non-traumatic and less invasive and can be performed on an outpatient basis under local anaesthetic in a doctor's office and * has the advantage of healing very quickly with little or no significant cosmetic alteration to the appearance of the penis. Methods of performing preputioplasty Preputioplasty may be performed by Z-plasty, also used in reconstructive surgery to loosen constricting scar tissue following traumatic burns. However, Y-plasty and Z-plasty require a degree of surgical sophisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preputioplasty
Preputioplasty or prepuce plasty, also known as "limited dorsal slit with transverse closure", is a plastic surgical operation on the prepuce or foreskin of the penis, to widen a narrow non-retractile foreskin which cannot comfortably be drawn back off the head of the penis in erection because of a constriction (stenosis) which has not expanded after adolescence. Preputioplasty is a treatment for phimosis in the alternative to circumcision and radical dorsal slit * which is conservative, non-traumatic and less invasive and can be performed on an outpatient basis under local anaesthetic in a doctor's office and * has the advantage of healing very quickly with little or no significant cosmetic alteration to the appearance of the penis. Methods of performing preputioplasty Preputioplasty may be performed by Z-plasty, also used in reconstructive surgery to loosen constricting scar tissue following traumatic burns. However, Y-plasty and Z-plasty require a degree of surgical sophisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |