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SE/B06/017: Sweeten the swelling
 
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1. You should advise the parents and child not to retract the foreskin until reviewed by the GP. If a tight band remains and a further paraphimosis is likely that circumcision may be required.

Further reading

emedicine
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2874.htm

aafp
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001215/2623.html

Dundee technique
http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/reynard1/