Upon healing, the ring will be released from the wound. The Gomco clamp leaves no foreign body on the wound but has the risk of wound edge separation. Moreover, the Gomco clamp does not allow an accurate estimation of skin to be excised and can remove excess skin when the location of the penoscrotal junction is misjudged. The Moyal clamp performs the circumcision on the same principle as the Gomco clamp. There is no device to hold the wound edges together.
Most pediatric urologists prefer using the free-hand technique.
Whether the type of techniques used is related to a higher incidence of infection is not entirely clear. Gee and Ansell compared the use of Plastibell and Gomco in 5521 children between 1963 and 1972. Of all the serious infections that are known at this center, the plastibell has been used. Care after circumcision. The wound more often than not will look edematous and even red.