A new method of treatment for adult phimosis From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. Balanitis involving the foreskin or prepuce is termed balanoposthitis.
Phimosis is a name given to the condition where the foreskin is unretractable.
Physiological unretractability of the foreskin is found in nearly all new-born infants, and its prevalence decreases with advancing age. It is not an indication for circumcision. What it is, how to care for it. The operation of prepuceplasty overcomes phimosis in children while conserving the foreskin. The narrowed preputial outlet is incised longitudinally and repaired transversely.