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    Circumcision Photo Guide: What To Expect After Surgery: Patient and Family Education

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    Patient and Family Education

    Circumcision Photo Guide:


    What to expect after surgery
    These photos show examples of normal healing after circumcision surgery.
    What to expect after
    your son has
    You can use them as a guide to help you understand what to expect after your
    circumcision surgery child’s surgery. Every patient and surgery is unique. Contact your child’s
    health care provider if you have any questions.

    Example 1
    This penis is healing as expected. Notice
    the swelling is greater on one side than
    the other. This uneven swelling may
    make the penis point to one side until it
    gets better. The white / yellow area is
    not pus. This is part of the healing
    process. This is a collection of skin oils
    and skin cells. The redness is also a
    normal part of healing.

    Example 2
    This penis is also healing as expected.
    There is less swelling but more healing
    tissue on the surface of the glans or head
    of the penis. As the new skin layers
    develop, this yellowed tissue will shed
    into new skin layers. This is normal .

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    Circumcision Photo Guide: What to Expect After Surgery

    To Learn More
    • Urology Example 3
    206-987-2509 This penis is less red and more dry.
    • General Surgery This is normal healing. The yellow
    206-987-0237 material is not pus. This collection of
    • Ask your child’s nurse skin oil and skin cells is drying as the
    or doctor penis heals. You can protect this area
    • www.seattlechildrens.org with petroleum jelly as it heals. There is
    also some bruising after surgery which
    heals on its own. The swelling is more
    obvious from this angle and will get
    better with time.
    Free Interpreter
    Services
    • In the hospital, ask
    your child’s nurse.
    • From outside the
    hospital, call the Example 4
    toll-free Family The swelling is improving in this
    Interpreting Line example. There is some bruising which
    1-866-583-1527. Tell can happen after surgery. This bruising
    the interpreter the will heal on its own. Notice that the skin
    name or extension you color is becoming more neutral. There
    need. are new skin layers replacing the yellow
    matter noticed above.

    What if I have any questions or concerns?


    If you have any questions, call your child’s specialty surgery clinic during the
    day. After hours, call 206-987-2000 and ask the hospital operator for the
    General surgeon on call or Urology surgeon on call depending on which
    service did your child’s surgery.

    Seattle Children’s offers interpreter services for Deaf, hard of hearing or non-English speaking patients, family members and
    legal representatives free of charge. Seattle Children’s will make this information available in alternate formats upon request.
    Call the Family Resource Center at 206-987-2201. 8/18
    This handout has been reviewed by clinical staff at Seattle Children’s. However, your child’s needs are unique. Before you act PE2937
    or rely upon this information, please talk with your child’s healthcare provider.
    © 2018 Seattle Children’s, Seattle, Washington. All rights reserved.

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