title: Circumcision - A new approach for a different cosmetic result.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the difference in aesthetic result after a non-religious circumcision with classic Johnston's technique and a new proposed technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 76 children were circumcised (not for religious purposes) in a period of 6 years using the classic Johnston's technique (50 patients) and a new proposed technique (26 patients). Parents of circumcised children were interviewed three months after the operation. The aesthetic result was scored by both the parents and the patients as bad, acceptable, good or very good. Scores between the two groups were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No major complications were encountered. The aesthetic result score between the two groups had a statistically significant difference (Mann Whitney U Test, p<0.0005). Children being circumcised with the new technique and their parents were more satisfied with the aesthetic result three months after the operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In communities in which religious circumcisions are being performed relatively rare, the aesthetic result of a classic method may seem awkward to the patient and his family. Therefore, circumcision being performed for non religious reasons necessitates an acceptable aesthetic result. Our technique fulfills this prerequisite. Hippokratia 2014; 18 (2):116-119.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgery Department, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsikopoulos
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgery Department, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asimakidou
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgery Department, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smaropoulos
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgery Department, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Farmakis
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgery Department, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klokkaris
keywords: circumcision; cosmetic; technique