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Circumcision of the foreskin (circumcision)

Circumcision of the foreskin (circumcision) is a plastic surgery that involves excision of the foreskin of the glans penis.
In the "pocket" between the foreskin and the glans penis, a secret is produced and accumulates, which is a favorable environment for the development of infection and chronic inflammation of the glans penis (balanoposthitis). As a result of chronic inflammation, scarring occurs in the area of the frenulum of the penis, which leads to its shortening. During sexual intercourse, the frenulum of the penis often ruptures, which is accompanied by bleeding and severe pain. Subsequently, a connective tissue scarring ring forms in the foreskin area – phimosis. The presence of such a cicatricial ring first leads to difficulty in opening the glans penis, and later to the complete impossibility of opening it. Men may experience pain and laceration of the skin of the cicatricial ring during sexual intercourse by the type of rupture of the frenulum. In addition, the presence of phimosis is dangerous due to such a complication as paraphimosis – the complete opening and pinching of the glans penis by the scar ring of the foreskin.
It should be noted that patients with diabetes mellitus are significantly more likely to develop phimosis.Moreover, there are studies proving that the secret is a carcinogen and can cause penile cancer in men and cervical cancer in women.

Indications for circumcision

Medical
  • chronic balanoposthitis (inflammation of the glans penis);
  • phimosis (scarring of the foreskin);
  • paraphimosis (pinching of the glans penis by the scar ring of the foreskin);
  • rupture of the frenulum of the penis.
 
Religious
Cosmetic
Some men have anatomically pronounced foreskin, and therefore, from an aesthetic point of view, many patients wish to change the appearance of the penis.
Another significant indication for circumcision of the foreskin is the patient's desire to increase the duration of sexual intercourse. After circumcision, the patient experiences a decrease in the sensitivity of the frenulum of the penis, which leads to a guaranteed increase in the duration of sexual intercourse.
The EMC circumcision Urology Clinic performs plastic microsurgery according to international standards. Laser technologies and modern suture material meeting the highest requirements are used to achieve high results.

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Doctors

Grigorev Nikolay
Head of the Urological Clinic, Head of the Department of Urology at the EMC Medical School, Doctor of Medicine, Professor
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Iskander Abdullin
President of the Association of Young Urologists of Russia (AMUR, Ph.D. of Medical Sciences
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Ekaterina Korshunova
Ph.D. of Medical Sciences, Doctor of the highest category
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Vagan Barsegyan
Ph.D. of Medical Sciences
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Aleksey Kovalenko
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Gvozdev Mikhail
Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Doctor of the highest category
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Tihonova Lyudmila
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Gvasalia Badri
Professor, Doctor of Medicine
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Sabirzyanova Zukhra
Ph.D. of Medical Sciences
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Vsevolod Matveev
President of the Russian Society of Oncourologists, expert of the European Association of Urologists (EAU) section "Prostate Cancer", Doctor of Medicine, Professor
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Tedeev Rustam
Ph.D. of Medical Sciences
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Kuznetskiy Yuriy
Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of the highest category, Professor
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Dariy Evgeniy
Ph.D. of Medical Sciences, Doctor of the highest category
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Grigorev Nikolay
Head of the Urological Clinic, Head of the Department of Urology at the EMC Medical School, Doctor of Medicine, Professor
  • He is a recognized expert in endoscopic urology.
  • He has performed more than 5,000 endoscopic and open surgeries on the organs of the genitourinary system
  • Member of the Russian Society of Urology, the Russian Society for Endourology and New Technologies, the European Urological Association, the World Endourological Society
Total experience
33 years
Experience in EMC
since 2016

Reviews

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I would like to express my deep gratitude to Alexey Vasilyevich Kovalenko
I would like to express my deep gratitude to Alexey Vasilyevich Kovalenko for his high professionalism, high efficiency and sensitive attitude to patients. The doctor performed the most difficult operation for me, and at all stages of preoperative preparation During my
postoperative rehabilitation, I felt his professional and emotional support.I very much hope that the EMC management appreciates such highly professional specialists as A. V. Kovalenko, and my highly positive feedback on his work will be taken into account when determining his KPIs.
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City: Tyumen
Gratitude
Alexey Kovalenko is a sensitive, attentive doctor, a surgeon from God. He gave me an operation to remove the affected prostate, all very carefully. I am grateful to him!!!

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I got ALL my questions answered
I was at the consultation of Professor Vsevolod Borisovich Matveev... I got ALL my questions answered... And even more...In a word-not a man, but a HUMAN BEING...!!! The staff is friendly, answers all questions, helps, etc... People with health problems come in...They all have no
time for this or that...Employees understand all this and make their stay in the clinic as comfortable as possible...
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City: Moscow
Thanks to A. V. Kovalenko
Good afternoon! Alexey Vasilyevich Kovalenko received a patient in the acute phase of inflammation after examination in another clinic ("clinic" is the key here) with a diagnosis of lifelong catheterization from the head of the urology department. In JSC " EMC " doctor Alexey
Vasilyevich removed the inflammation, established a diagnosis, which was confirmed a month later by additional examinations and successfully performed the operation.The patient is sent home without a catheter to live, work, raise children and be happy.There are no words in the world to express our gratitude to Alexey Vasilyevich!We believe that the clinic of JSC "EMC "(Shchepkina 35) should be infinitely proud of such a specialist and professional in their field!And we wish our doctor a long long life, successful operations and thank you for meeting a real doctor!
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