Modified puncture technique for reduction of paraphymosis.
Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 45 patients underwent reduction of paraphymosis at LN Hospital, Delhi, India and Leighton Hospital, Crewe, UK from August 1991 to September 1999 using the multiple puncture and glans squeeze technique. These were divided into 3 grades: grade 1, paraphymosis without engorgement of glans; grade 2, paraphymosis with engorgement of glans; and grade 3, paraphymosis with associated skin changes (non-pitting oedema, cheese-cutting of the shaft of the penis or erosions). RESULTS: Grade 1 (6) patients were reduced by simply pulling the foreskin back into the normal position. Grade 2 (37) patients were reduced by the above-mentioned technique. Grade 3 (2) patients could not be reduced by this technique and the band had to be divided. CONCLUSIONS: Difficult paraphymosis with gross engorgement of the glans can be successfully reduced by this technique as long as the skin changes are not marked.
Source: PubMed Central
Institution: Leighton Hospital
Language: English
Topic: Genital Health and Disease
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W78239658