genitourinary disorders
How To Do Paraphimosis Reduction Without Dorsal Slit
Introduction
Paraphimosis, entrapment of the foreskin in the retracted position, is a urologic emergency requiring reduction of the foreskin to its normal distal position enveloping the glans penis, in order to prevent necrosis of the glans. (See also Phimosis and Paraphimosis .) Paraphimosis can occur in uncircumcised males and often results from failure to reduce the foreskin after retracting it during a urologic examination or procedure such as How To Do Urethral Catheterization in a Male . Manual methods of reduction are tried before more invasive methods, such as the dorsal slit, and include Compressing the edematous glans and foreskin, then pushing the glans back through the constricting foreskin ring (phimotic ring) Traction upon multiple Babcock clamps (noncrushing) placed about the circumference of the foreskin, to pull the foreskin back over the glans 