TY - JOUR
T1 - Meatal stenosis following three types of circumcision with frenular artery preservation (FAP), the Plastibell device (PD), and frenular artery ligation (FAL)
T2 - a long-term follow-up
AU - Shokri Varniab, Zahra
AU - Pourabhari Langroudi, Ashkan
AU - Neishabouri, Afarin
AU - Torabinavid, Parham
AU - Arbab, Mona
AU - Heidari, Firouzeh
AU - Milani, Seyed Mohammad
AU - Eftekharzadeh, Sahar
AU - Sabetkish, Shabnam
AU - Kajbafzadeh, Abdol Mohammad
N1 - Funding Information:
We highly appreciate S. Lotfi for their continuous support. We would like to show our sincere gratitude to the cooperation of all the participants at the Pediatric Urology and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Children’s Medical Center, Pediatric Center of Excellence, Tehran University of Medical Science.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - Background: Despite the simplicity of male circumcision, complications occur frequently. Post-circumcision meatal stenosis is a concerning complication that might require several interventions. Aim: This study aims to evaluate the incidence of meatal stenosis in long-term follow-up, following three common circumcision methods: frenular artery preservation, frenular ligation, and the Plastibell device. Methods: This study is the continuation of the previous randomized clinical trial, the preliminary abstract of which has been accepted in the annual meeting of the American Urological Association in 2011. However, in this paper, we only included the patients with results of long-term follow-up. Patients were followed for a median of 11 years (range, 7–17). Follow-ups were recorded by evaluation of meatus and signs and symptoms of meatal stenosis. Results: Two hundred six boys (80 neonates and 126 non-neonates) at the time of procedure were included in this study. The circumcision was conducted on 23.3% (48/206) of boys with the Plastibell device (PD) and 39.3% (81/206) of cases with frenular artery preservation (FAP) and 37.4% (77/206) of cases with frenular artery ligation (FAL). Meatal stenosis presented in 13 children during follow-up. Considering the three methods of circumcision, a significant difference in the incidence of meatal stenosis among the types of circumcisions was observed (6.3% in PD and 1.2% in FAP, 11.7% in FAL, P = 0.026). Conclusion: The present study revealed that the technique preserving the frenular artery is associated with a significantly lower incidence of meatal stenosis. Hence, the FAP is the recommended technique for circumcision as compared to two other methods.
AB - Background: Despite the simplicity of male circumcision, complications occur frequently. Post-circumcision meatal stenosis is a concerning complication that might require several interventions. Aim: This study aims to evaluate the incidence of meatal stenosis in long-term follow-up, following three common circumcision methods: frenular artery preservation, frenular ligation, and the Plastibell device. Methods: This study is the continuation of the previous randomized clinical trial, the preliminary abstract of which has been accepted in the annual meeting of the American Urological Association in 2011. However, in this paper, we only included the patients with results of long-term follow-up. Patients were followed for a median of 11 years (range, 7–17). Follow-ups were recorded by evaluation of meatus and signs and symptoms of meatal stenosis. Results: Two hundred six boys (80 neonates and 126 non-neonates) at the time of procedure were included in this study. The circumcision was conducted on 23.3% (48/206) of boys with the Plastibell device (PD) and 39.3% (81/206) of cases with frenular artery preservation (FAP) and 37.4% (77/206) of cases with frenular artery ligation (FAL). Meatal stenosis presented in 13 children during follow-up. Considering the three methods of circumcision, a significant difference in the incidence of meatal stenosis among the types of circumcisions was observed (6.3% in PD and 1.2% in FAP, 11.7% in FAL, P = 0.026). Conclusion: The present study revealed that the technique preserving the frenular artery is associated with a significantly lower incidence of meatal stenosis. Hence, the FAP is the recommended technique for circumcision as compared to two other methods.
KW - Circumcision
KW - Frenular artery preservation
KW - Meatal stenosis
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U2 - 10.1007/s11845-022-03040-8
DO - 10.1007/s11845-022-03040-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 35657540
AN - SCOPUS:85131332822
SN - 0021-1265
VL - 192
SP - 707
EP - 711
JO - Irish Journal of Medical Science
JF - Irish Journal of Medical Science
IS - 2
ER -