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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

  1. Cantu Jr. S. Phimosis and paraphimosis emedicine.com. Excellent Emedicine overview.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


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