PHIMOSIS &
PARAPHIMOSIS
DR. SERIN NID
,PHIMOSIS
Inability to retract the prepuce over
the glans.
Physiological adhesions start to
disappear by 2 years of age. It can
persist upto 6 years in some patients.
,
, EPIDEMIOLOGY
•4% of new born have retractable foreskin by the age of 3.
90% of the prepuce are retractable.
•Remaining 10% will have physiological phimosis.
•1% of 16 year old will have non retractable foreskin.
•46.5% Of adult circumcision was attributed to phimosis.
PARAPHIMOSIS
DR. SERIN NID
,PHIMOSIS
Inability to retract the prepuce over
the glans.
Physiological adhesions start to
disappear by 2 years of age. It can
persist upto 6 years in some patients.
,
, EPIDEMIOLOGY
•4% of new born have retractable foreskin by the age of 3.
90% of the prepuce are retractable.
•Remaining 10% will have physiological phimosis.
•1% of 16 year old will have non retractable foreskin.
•46.5% Of adult circumcision was attributed to phimosis.
