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What (who) is -plasty - definition
PLASTIC SURGICAL OPERATION
Preputial plasty; Prepuce plasty; Prepuplasty
-plasty
·- A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty.
-plasty
¦ combining form moulding or formation of a specified part, especially a part of the body: rhinoplasty.
Origin
based on Gk plastos 'formed, moulded'.
Preputioplasty
Preputioplasty or prepuce plasty, also known as "limited dorsal slit with transverse closure", is a plastic surgical operation on the prepuce or foreskin of the penis, to widen a narrow non-retractile foreskin which cannot comfortably be drawn back off the head of the penis in erection because of a constriction (stenosis) which has not expanded after adolescence.
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Preputioplasty
Preputioplasty or prepuce plasty, also known as limited dorsal slit with transverse closure, is a plastic surgical operation on the prepuce or foreskin of the penis, to widen a narrow non-retractile foreskin which cannot comfortably be drawn back off the head of the penis in erection because of a constriction (stenosis) which has not expanded after adolescence.
Preputioplasty is a treatment for phimosis in the alternative to circumcision and radical dorsal slit
- which is conservative, non-traumatic and less invasive and can be performed on an outpatient basis under local anaesthetic in a doctor's office and
- has the advantage of healing very quickly with little or no significant cosmetic alteration to the appearance of the penis.
