Urologie pro praxi 3/2025
Histological analysis in patients with secondary phimosis after circumcision at the Department of Pediatric Surgery in Ústí nad Labem in 2023 and 2024
In 2023 and 2024, a total of 66 circumcisions were performed on boys with the surgical diagnosis of secondary (scarring) phimosis at the Department of Pediatric Surgery in Ústí nad Labem. Histological analysis of excised foreskin demonstrated the presence of signs of balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO) in 72 % of cases. The aim of the article is to provide a briefly overview of BXO, interpret the results of the histological analysis, and compare them with data reported in international literature.
Keywords: secondary phimosis, balanitis xerotica obliterans, radical circumcision.













