DORSAL BAND TRACTION FOR REDUCTION
OF PARAPHIMOSIS
CRAIG D. TURNER, HYUNG L. KIM, AND WILLIAM J. CROMIE
Reduction of paraphimosis can be a painful and difficult process. Methods thus far proposed focus on decreasing the edema before reduction. We have used the basic surgical principle of traction and counter-traction by applying a pair of Adson forceps directly to the band formed by the retracted preputial opening. To date we have successfully used this technique on 6 children and 3 adults.
UROLOGY 54: 917-918, 1999. © 1999, Elsevier Science, Inc.
From the Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Reprint requests: Craig D. Turner, M.D., Section of Urology-MC 6038, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60337. Submitted April 9, 1999, accepted (with revisions): June 24, 1999