What should we pay attention to during circumcision surgery for children?

If a boy is born with a long foreskin, certain measures should be taken to treat it. Currently, most parents are aware of the harm of long foreskin in their children, but there are still many questions about how to treat it, such as: At what age is it better to perform surgery on the child? How to care after surgery? A series of problems make parents very resistant to circumcision. Let me introduce some knowledge about this aspect below!

When a baby boy is born, there is a physiological adhesion between his foreskin and the glans penis. At this time, the glans is completely covered by the foreskin, which is medically called phimosis. As the penis and foreskin gradually develop, some phimosis disappears while others remain. In most cases of phimosis, the foreskin can be turned back when the penis is erect or by hand to expose the glans, which is called prepuce being too long.

If surgery is performed on a child too early, it will destroy this physiological adhesion, damage the delicate epidermis of the glans penis, prolong the postoperative recovery period, increase the child's pain and the difficulty of care for the parents. As age increases, this physiological adhesion will naturally separate, and the foreskin of some boys will retract, gradually exposing the glans penis. This is a normal physiological phenomenon.

Currently, some little boys around 5 years old have circumcision surgery, but experts suggest that it is better to consider it after the age of 7. Because the physiological adhesions of the foreskin cavity of children of this age group have basically been separated, the possibility of damaging the glans penis during surgery is very small. At the same time, the children are already aware of their willingness to undergo surgery, can cooperate with the doctor during the surgery and will provide good postoperative care, which is conducive to postoperative recovery.

There is actually no need for little boys with long foreskin to undergo circumcision in a hurry. They just need to pay attention to regular eversion and cleaning. However, when recurrent infections occur due to excessive foreskin, surgical treatment can be considered, but only after the inflammation has healed. After circumcision surgery, the glans penis can be exposed to the outside, keeping the local area dry and clean, avoiding inflammation and infection, and effectively eliminating the possibility of secondary diseases.

After reading the editor’s introduction, do you have a certain understanding of this surgery for long foreskin? If a child has this problem, it is best to wait until the child is sensible before performing surgery. If the surgery is performed too early, the effect will not be as good as when the child is older. However, it should be noted that you must pay attention to the child's hygiene in daily life.