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'''Phimosis''' is a medical condition in which the [[foreskin]] of the [[penis]] of a [[male]] cannot be fully retracted. The word derives from the[[Greek language|Greek]] ''phimos'' ({{unicode|φῑμός}}, "muzzle"). The term is confusing because it is used to denote both a physiological stage of development (i.e. not a disease), and a pathological condition (i.e. a condition that causes problems for a person). Elasticity and ambiguity of definition are especially common when referring to infants. Conflicting [[incidence]] reports and widely varying post-neonatal [[circumcision]] rates reflect looseness in the [[diagnosis|diagnostic]] criteria.<ref name="Cantu">Cantu Jr. S. [http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic423.htm Phimosis and paraphimosis] emedicine.com. Excellent Emedicine overview.</ref><ref name="Dewan2003">Dewan PA.[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_04_170203/dew10610_fm.html Treating phimosis] Med J Austral 178:148-150, 2003. Discussion of physiological and pathological phimosis in childhood and use of diagnosis to justify surgery for parents' sake. Pictures of infant penises with and without phimosis.</ref> | '''Phimosis''' is a medical condition in which the [[foreskin]] of the [[penis]] of a [[male]] cannot be fully retracted. The word derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''phimos'' ({{unicode|φῑμός}}, "muzzle"). The term is confusing because it is used to denote both a physiological stage of development (i.e. not a disease), and a pathological condition (i.e. a condition that causes problems for a person). Elasticity and ambiguity of definition are especially common when referring to infants. Conflicting [[incidence]] reports and widely varying post-neonatal [[circumcision]] rates reflect looseness in the [[diagnosis|diagnostic]] criteria.<ref name="Cantu">Cantu Jr. S. [http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic423.htm Phimosis and paraphimosis] emedicine.com. Excellent Emedicine overview.</ref><ref name="Dewan2003">Dewan PA.[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_04_170203/dew10610_fm.html Treating phimosis] Med J Austral 178:148-150, 2003. Discussion of physiological and pathological phimosis in childhood and use of diagnosis to justify surgery for parents' sake. Pictures of infant penises with and without phimosis.</ref> | ||
Phimosis has become a topic of contention in [[Medical analysis of circumcision|circumcision debates]]<ref name="MJA2003">Multiple authors.[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_11_020603/matters_arising_020603-3.html "Matters arising"] Med J Austral 178:587-90, 2003. Letters to the Med J Austral debating the phimosis statistics of Spilsbury and the treatment recommendations of Dewan from both proponents and opponents of circumcision.</ref> | Phimosis has become a topic of contention in [[Medical analysis of circumcision|circumcision debates]]<ref name="MJA2003">Multiple authors.[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_11_020603/matters_arising_020603-3.html "Matters arising"] Med J Austral 178:587-90, 2003. Letters to the Med J Austral debating the phimosis statistics of Spilsbury and the treatment recommendations of Dewan from both proponents and opponents of circumcision.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Phimosis is a medical condition in which the foreskin of the penis of a male cannot be fully retracted. The word derives from the Greek phimos (Template:Unicode, "muzzle"). The term is confusing because it is used to denote both a physiological stage of development (i.e. not a disease), and a pathological condition (i.e. a condition that causes problems for a person). Elasticity and ambiguity of definition are especially common when referring to infants. Conflicting incidence reports and widely varying post-neonatal circumcision rates reflect looseness in the diagnostic criteria.[1][2] Phimosis has become a topic of contention in circumcision debates[3]
References
- ↑ Cantu Jr. S. Phimosis and paraphimosis emedicine.com. Excellent Emedicine overview.
- ↑ Dewan PA.Treating phimosis Med J Austral 178:148-150, 2003. Discussion of physiological and pathological phimosis in childhood and use of diagnosis to justify surgery for parents' sake. Pictures of infant penises with and without phimosis.
- ↑ Multiple authors."Matters arising" Med J Austral 178:587-90, 2003. Letters to the Med J Austral debating the phimosis statistics of Spilsbury and the treatment recommendations of Dewan from both proponents and opponents of circumcision.