Zip injuries: A simple solution.

Entrapment of penile foreskin between zipper teeth and zip slider is a common injury in children. It is seen in boys of age group 5-12 years who usually do not wear underpants. About 80% of these injuries occur accidentally while zipping up. Here, We have described a technique which is simple, quick, pain less and require no special instruments.

A Clinical Observation of the Foreskin of Penis / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation of the prepuce was made on 3,302 men from examined in the Department of Urology, Capital Military Hospital and the following results were obtained. 1. Redundant prepuces were found in 2,789 cases with incidence of 84.5%. 2. Phimosis were found in 17 cases with incidence of 0.6%. Of 17 cases, 12 cases were congenital phimosis and 5 cases were found acquired phimosis. 3. Paraphimosis were found in 8 cases giving a rate of 0.3%. 4. Circumcised men were found in 166 cases, with incidence of 5.0% of all cases.