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Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment

Genital injury can occur at any age of life but is most common in the pediatric population. Hair-tourniquets and circumcision procedures are the most common causes of penile injury in children. Foreskin trauma, aside from zipper related injuries, is sparsely reported. We describe the case of an 8-ye...

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Autores principales: Krishnan, Arvind, McCormick, Barrett, Swana, Hubert, Rich, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.05.009
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author Krishnan, Arvind
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description Genital injury can occur at any age of life but is most common in the pediatric population. Hair-tourniquets and circumcision procedures are the most common causes of penile injury in children. Foreskin trauma, aside from zipper related injuries, is sparsely reported. We describe the case of an 8-year-old male who presented with foreskin entrapment caused by bathing suit mesh. Management and literature review are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-54095002017-05-01 Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment Krishnan, Arvind McCormick, Barrett Swana, Hubert Rich, Mark Urol Case Rep Pediatrics Genital injury can occur at any age of life but is most common in the pediatric population. Hair-tourniquets and circumcision procedures are the most common causes of penile injury in children. Foreskin trauma, aside from zipper related injuries, is sparsely reported. We describe the case of an 8-year-old male who presented with foreskin entrapment caused by bathing suit mesh. Management and literature review are discussed. Elsevier 2017-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5409500/ /pubmed/28462164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.05.009 Text en © 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Krishnan, Arvind
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Swana, Hubert
Rich, Mark
Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment
title Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment
title_full Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment
title_fullStr Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment
title_full_unstemmed Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment
title_short Acute Foreskin Strangulation Injury due to Bathing Suit Mesh Entrapment
title_sort acute foreskin strangulation injury due to bathing suit mesh entrapment
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.05.009
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