title: Circumcision: a refined technique and 5 year review.
abstract: The vast majority of circumcisions currently performed in the UK are for phimosis or balanitis and the patients are not looking for the denuded glans appearance of a ritual circumcision. We present a refinement of the sleeve technique of circumcision, which involves Horton's test to define the proximal incision margin, and bipolar electro-dissection. A review of all patients undergoing circumcision at the Wordsley Plastic Surgery Unit, in a 5-year period, has shown this technique to be safe with a haematoma rate of only 1.4%, and an overall complication rate of 3%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cerqueiro
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Sterne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bracka
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods; D001446:Balanitis / Q000601:surgery; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000379:methods*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010688:Phimosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies