[Cicatrix phimosis and problems of circumcision in young children].

The article deals with the author's modified operation for circular excision of the prepuce with adaptation of the wound edges without sutures. The operation was performed on 200 patients under local infiltration anesthesia in the last four years. The advantages of the modified operative method are shown, schemes of the pathogenesis of cicatricial phimosis and its complications are compiled, a comparative evaluation of the existing types of operations for circular excision of the prepuce is made and their shortcomings are shown. The variant of the operation is suggested for introduction into pediatric surgery.