Circumcision in children

Reasons

In addition to traditions and cultural habits, there are also medical reasons why circumcision is performed:

In children

• Recurring problems urinating
• Infections of the urinary tract
• Skin problems causing scarring

From puberty onwards

• When the foreskin cannot be slid over the glans without difficulty.
• In case of problems with the foreskin during erections.

Consultation

• On the day of your appointment, make sure to arrive an hour before the actual appointment. This leaves sufficient time to prepare your child's record. 
• Have your child registered at the registration desk in the reception hall. Once your child is registered, you will be given a QR code and instructions on how to get to the urology department.  
• At the urology department, you need to sign your child in at the scan point with the QR code you received. 
• When it is your turn, your child will be examined by the doctor and you will be given all necessary information. 
• In consultation with you, the doctor will set a date for the circumcision. 

Procedure

Preparation

The day before the planned surgery, we will call you in the course of the afternoon. During that call you will be told at what time you need to be in the hospital the following day. We will also tell you as of when your child is no longer allowed to eat or drink. 

Sedation

The procedure will be performed under general anaesthetic, supplemented by local anaesthetic. 

Circumcision 

In conventional circumcisions, the foreskin is surgically detached from the glans and shortened. The skin is then sutured or glued behind the edge of the glans.

Duration of the procedure: approximately 30 minutes

Aftercare

• A bandage will be applied. This will need to stay on 1 to 2 days.
• After 1 to 2 days you can remove the bandage. From then onwards: 
  • For the next 2 weeks, daily apply vaseline or baby oil to the glans. 
  • Your child is allowed to take a shower or bath again.
• On the fifth day after the surgery,  there will be the most swelling. This will pass spontaneously.
• The first couple of weeks, the glans will be hypersensitive, but this feeling will go away spontaneously. 

Follow-up

2 weeks after the circumcision you'll come to the consultation with your child for a check-up of the wound. We set a date for this on the day of the circumcision, before you go back home.