Cost‐effectiveness analysis of treatments for phimosis: a comparison of surgical and medicinal approaches and their economic effect

@article{Berdeu2001CosteffectivenessAO,
  title={Cost‐effectiveness analysis of treatments for phimosis: a comparison of surgical and medicinal approaches and their economic effect},
  author={Daniel Berdeu and Laurent Sauze and Philippe Ha-Vinh and Claudine Blum-Boisgard},
  journal={BJU International},
  year={2001},
  volume={87}
}
Objective To compare the cost‐effectiveness of surgery and topical steroids as treatments for phimosis (defined as a clinically verifiable, pathological, cicatricial stenosis of the prepuce) and to evaluate the financial basis of these treatments. 
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Outcome and recurrence in treatment of phimosis using topical betamethasone in children in Hong Kong
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The effect of daily retraction and cleansing of prepuce on preventing recurrence of phimsosis and the efficacy of treating phimosis with topical steroid and its long‐term outcome and side effects were studied.
Local steroid therapy as the first‐line treatment for boys with symptomatic phimosis – a long‐term prospective study
TLDR
Phimosis is a common paediatric urological disorder and often necessitates circumcision, and local steroid therapy (LST) as the first choice therapy for such children is prospectively evaluated.
Evaluating the role of topical steroids as a primary intervention for treatment of phimosis in pediatric age group
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Phimosis hinders proper hygiene of the penis, which favors the incidence of foreskin infections, frequent infections of the urinary tract, sexually transmitted diseases and penile carcinoma in adults.
Triple incision to treat phimosis in children: an alternative to circumcision?
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To evaluate the functional and cosmetic results and patient satisfaction after triple incision plasty for phimosis in children, a large number of children have undergone the procedure.
Calibration and dilatation with topical corticosteroid in the treatment of stenosis of neourethral meatus after hypospadias repair
To assess the early disclosure and treatment of meatal stenosis after hypospadias repair, using calibration of the neourethral meatus at regular intervals to detect stenosis, and to assess the…
To circ or not to circ: clinical and pharmacoeconomic outcomes of a prospective trial of topical steroid versus primary circumcision.
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Topical treatment of phimosis can reduce costs by 27.3% in comparison with circumcision, therefore, topical treatment ofphimosis should be considered prior to the decision to perform surgery.
Topical treatment for phimosis: time span and other factors behind treatment effectiveness.
Is steroids therapy effective in treating phimosis? A meta-analysis
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Compared to the placebo or manual reduction method, the topical steroid therapy is more effective in the treatment of phimosis in children, although there is still controversy in the different type and dosage of steroid.
MANAGEMENT OF PHIMOSIS WITH USE OF BETAMETHASONE AND PREPUCIAL DILATATION –A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
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Dilatation and local application of betnovate ointment is a better alternative to circumcision than circumcision with regard to all outcome measures namely parent compliance, parent satisfaction, symptom resolution and persistence of phimosis.
[Treatment of phimosis with locally applied 0.05% clobetasol propionate. Prospective study with 108 children].
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This study confirms the efficacy and safety of local steroid therapy in the treatment of phimosis in children and confirms that surgical treatment ofphimosis should therefore be reserved for failures of medical treatment and has now become much less frequent.
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