How to Circumcise the Elderly

The process of circumcision for the elderly mainly includes preoperative preparation, skin preparation, local anesthesia and circumcision. Circumcision belongs to urological diseases, need patients to hospital urology department, to the hospital through the doctor clear diagnosis, choose circumcision surgery treatment. Elderly people suffering from circumcision, the day before going to the hospital, to do some preparatory work, such as: bathing, change clean clothes, keep the perineum clean and hygienic and so on. Some elderly people suffering from coronary heart disease, are taking aspirin or clopidogrel tablets patients, need to stop taking medication for a week before going to the hospital for surgical treatment. Before circumcision, you need to prepare the skin, and then do local anesthesia at the root of the penis, after the anesthesia drugs take effect to carry out circumcision. Surgery is mainly through the traditional circumcision or with the help of circumcision anastomosis and other surgical procedures to remove the excess foreskin, after the removal of the foreskin, the use of medical gauze wrapped. After circumcision, you should pay attention to rest, avoid strenuous exercise, and keep the glans locally dry and hygienic. Go to the hospital on time to change the medicine, observe the recovery of the wound, and whether there is edema, bleeding and so on. Circumcision belongs to a surgical procedure, the doctor will assess the patient’s physical condition, as well as the condition of the patient before the surgery, to develop a detailed surgical program.