What is the right age for circumcision? What are the benefits of newborn circumcision?
The opinion of many academics; It is to be done within the first 2 years or after the age of 6 years. According to our experience, the neonatal period is the most suitable time for circumcision operation.
This period is the first month after birth. The neonatal period is the period when our body’s cell renewal, production and development capacity is at its highest. Newborn circumcision performed in a healthy baby heals in a much shorter time. According to our experience with neonatal circumcision, which we routinely recommend and apply in our clinic, recovery is usually completed in 3-5 days.
In the Pediatric Surgery Clinic, we routinely recommend and perform newborn circumcision under local anesthesia. Families who wish can have their babies born in our hospital circumcised in pediatric surgery before they are discharged or when they come for jaundice control within the first week. In our clinic, we perform circumcision under local anesthesia before the age of 2 or after the age of 6. Circumcision is considered to be inappropriate between the ages of 3-5 in the psychological development process of the child. Medically, circumcision has no season.
How is circumcision performed?
In surgical circumcision, after the numbness of the penis and the cleanliness of the surgical area, the adhesions of the skin fold to be removed are opened and the cutting line is determined. The skin fold that covers the tip of the penis is cut with scissors or a scalpel. Bleeding is controlled with self-melting thin threads or bipolar sensitive cautery. The skin is stitched with thin threads that dissolve on their own. In the Alisklamp technique, after the Alisklamp is attached seamlessly and the foreskin is cut, the Alisklamp is removed on the 3rd day after the circumcision.
