Dr. Sujit Chowdhary is a leading Pediatric Urologist in Delhi-NCR. He currently serves as the Senior Consultant for Pediatric Urology and Pediatric Neurosurgery at the prestigious Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi since 2005. Dr. Sujit has professional experience of over 25 years in the field of Pediatric Urology with absolutely zero complaints.
It is not normal for every infant or kid to be circumcisied. Circumcision is a surgical treatment to remove the foreskin covering the penis’s end in a kid. Sometimes a child is born with two instead of one flaps covering. In such an instance it becomes essential for a kid to have circumcision surgery.
It is done for medical, personal and religious reasons.
Fun Fact: Did you know that a baby boy’s foreskin will not pull fully till the child reaches the age of 5.
Prenatal issue- If a baby is born before the full term of 9 months.
If the baby develops penile issues in the womb itself.
Paraphimosis.
A tightened foreskin.It is a wrong belief that circumcision treatment is harmful. On the contrary, it is safe and we do any surgery only after studying the cause of circumcision in a kid. If it’s for a medical reason we conduct a proper diagnosis before the surgery.
Like any surgical procedure, circumcision carries some risks and potential complications. These can include bleeding, infection, and damage to the penis. Serious complications are rare and occur in less than 1% of cases.
There are many ways utilised by us to check if a baby has a circumcised penis. These are always used and recommended by our Doctor.
Physical examination- The Doctor can find the circumcised penis by looking at the penis of a baby. If the foreskin doesn’t pull back till the age of 5 then he recommends the surgery.
We use the surgical method to remove the penis foreskin and recommend it to be performed by the age of 1 year. At this age, it is easy to care for a child’s penis. The surgery we do is painless and the child will remain sedated till the surgery is complete.
The surgery is recommended normally 72 hours after the child’s birth.
There are 4 major steps involved in a circumcision surgery which are:
The baby’s arms and legs are restrained on a bed to avoid any movementThe anaesthesia is administered in form of an injection or skin cream on the child’s
penis.A special clamp is placed around the foreskin to cut all the blood supply. And the
pediatric urologist removes the foreskin.
We recommend you to follow these steps after a child’s surgery to quicken the healing process:
It is best to avoid giving a bath to the child till 1 week after the surgery as the wound is in
a healing process.Always clean the area with a soft cloth. And reapply the petroleum jelly on the penis and
cover it with a loose and new gauze cloth and change the diaper.Place the baby gently in and out of the tub while the penis is healing.
Dr. Sujit Chowdhary best Pediatric Urologist in India with Zero Complaints in 25 years of professional practise.
