Introduction: Meatal stenosis is a recognized complication of circumcision done during nappy aged boys as a late presentation. The objective of this study was to describe the incidence of documented meatal stenosis in boys circumcised in infantile period. Method: Meatal stenosis was defined as change in appearance of the delicate lips of the urinary meatus, with loss of ellipticated shape to a...

Introduction: Circumcision is proposed as the world’s oldest and most controversial operation and meatal stenosis as the most common complication of neonatal circumcision. Published studies in Iran are deficient regarding this complication. This research shows the rate of meatal stenosis in children less than one year in Birjand-Iran. Methods: This descriptive study incorporated all children y...

Meatitis, an inflammation generally secondary to ammoniacal diaper irritation, has been cited as the underlying cause of secondary meatal stenosis.1 The lack of protection by the foreskin in the circumcised male is thought to correlate with an increased incidence of meatitis. Meatal narrowing has been noted to occur more commonly in the circumcised 1,2 The formation of a ventral lip of tissue i...

Meatitis, an inflammation generally secondary to ammoniacal diaper irritation, has been cited as the underlying cause of secondary meatal stenosis.1 The lack of protection by the foreskin in the circumcised male is thought to correlate with an increased incidence of meatitis. Meatal narrowing has been noted to occur more commonly in the circumcised 1,2 The formation of a ventral lip of tissue i...

Meatitis, an inflammation generally secondary to ammoniacal diaper irritation, has been cited as the underlying cause of secondary meatal stenosis.1 The lack of protection by the foreskin in the circumcised male is thought to correlate with an increased incidence of meatitis. Meatal narrowing has been noted to occur more commonly in the circumcised 1,2 The formation of a ventral lip of tissue i...

Meatitis, an inflammation generally secondary to ammoniacal diaper irritation, has been cited as the underlying cause of secondary meatal stenosis.1 The lack of protection by the foreskin in the circumcised male is thought to correlate with an increased incidence of meatitis. Meatal narrowing has been noted to occur more commonly in the circumcised 1,2 The formation of a ventral lip of tissue i...

introduction: in order to assess our skill in the tubularized incised plate (tip) urethroplasty technique in children with hypospadias. material andmethods: of 307 children (mean age 38 month) who received a tip urethroplasty, all had primary hypospadias. patients who were referred with complication were eliminated from our study. the hypospadias defects were subcoronal in 25 (8%), distal penil...

INTRODUCTION Circumcision is one of the most common surgical operations throughout the world, and meatal stenosis is one its late complications. We evaluated the topical use of a lubricant jelly after circumcision in boys in order to reduce the risk of meatal stenosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A randomized control trial was performed, in which 2 groups of boys younger the 2 years old underwent c...