Meatal stenosis: getting the diagnosis right

Abstract

Brian J Morris,1,2 Stephen Moreton,3 John N Krieger4 1School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 2Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3CircFacts.org, Warrington, UK; 4Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USAMale circumcision is a very common procedure globally. Technical improvements that reduce adverse events are welcome. It has been suggested that meatal stenosis (MS) is a long-term complication of circumcision. Diagnosis of MS is usually based on a change in the elliptical shape of the meatal opening to a circular shape because of fibrosis or scarring, with visually apparent narrowing. There are, however, natural differences in meatal widths in different males, so a narrow meatus does not necessarily indicate functionally significant stenosis.View the original paper by Karami et al and colleagues. 

Keywords

• Circumcision
• meatal stenosis
• Plastibell
• frenulum
• diagnosis