Posts by Dave2GA

If there is any question about what is going on I would get to the ER immediately. If he has testicular torsion it is a true emergency. Good luck.

Tell them you know a good lawyer who will sue their pants off if they touch your son's penis. I have done over 20 such cases.

There are conditions that might be of concern. The penis could be congenitally torsed. Since he pees 90 degrees to the right and there may be a foreskin abnormality, I would go to a pediatric urologist to have him checked out. It's...

There is never a reason to forcibly retract a boy to put in a catheter. Repairing a hydrocele does not require retracting the foreskin. Sounds like your son has been the victim of a battery at the risk of paraphimosis.

The symptoms you describe sound quite serious to me. I would get him to a doc quickly. I have PMed you the name of a ped in LA.

Paul Fleiss, M.D. in L.A. knows how to treat intact boys. If there is any question I would take my son to him since you live in CA.

The window for attachment is 8 to 12 hours. Four days is probably impossible. A completely severed glans is much harder to reattach successfully than is a partially severed one due to blood supply issues.

Why are we so intent on circumcising Africa? And for that matter India and China? I think the short answer is twofold: "to make the world safe for circumcision and the circumcised" and "because I am, everyone else should...

Your sons are much younger than most. The average age for full retraction is 10 and 1/2. Few docs, even in Europe, seem to know this. No need to retract to pee. In fact, if the foreskin opening is narrow retracting it behind the...

Dave