TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 148. Paraphimosis Reduction A1 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2013 T2 - Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e AB - A paraphimosis is defined as the inability to reduce a proximally positioned foreskin over the glans penis and back to its normal anatomic position. The most common causes for a paraphimosis are iatrogenic. Following examination or instrumentation of the penis, medical personnel may forget to reduce the foreskin over the glans. This is particularly true of patients who are sedated, confused, demented, delirious, or in a nursing home. Patients may fail to reduce their foreskin after intercourse or urination. In infants and toddlers, the foreskin does not become fully mobile until after 3 years of age. This predisposes them to a paraphimosis when well-meaning caregivers forcibly retract the foreskin during cleaning. A paraphimosis may also occur when a narrowed (phimotic) foreskin is retracted and unable to be reduced. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57716146 ER -