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. 2001 Mar;83(2):121–125.

Circumcision: a refined technique and 5 year review.

S C Tucker 1, J Cerqueiro 1, G D Sterne 1, A Bracka 1
PMCID: PMC2503341  PMID: 11320921

Abstract

The vast majority of circumcisions currently performed in the UK are for phimosis or balanitis and the patients are not looking for the denuded glans appearance of a ritual circumcision. We present a refinement of the sleeve technique of circumcision, which involves Horton's test to define the proximal incision margin, and bipolar electro-dissection. A review of all patients undergoing circumcision at the Wordsley Plastic Surgery Unit, in a 5-year period, has shown this technique to be safe with a haematoma rate of only 1.4%, and an overall complication rate of 3%.

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