A Japanese view on circumcision: nonoperative management of normal and abnormal prepuce.
Circumcision is generally undertaken for 3 reasons; first, as an item of religious practice, typically neonatally, although occasionally transpubertally, as a rite of passage; second, as a prophylactic measure against future ailments (for the reduction in the risk of penile cancer, urinary tract infection, and sexually transmitted disease); and third, for immediate medical indication. There are many different views worldwide on circumcision; we are presenting a Japanese view on the management of pediatric foreskin.
Hayashi
Yutaro
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Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. davidkaicher@hotmail.com
Kojima
Yoshiyuki
Y
Mizuno
Kentaro
K
Nakane
Akihiro
A
Kamisawa
Hideyuki
H
Maruyama
Tetsuji
T
Kohri
Kenjiro
K
D002944:Circumcision, Male; D052816:Foreskin / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male