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Boletin medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico · 1d
Cohort studyBoletin medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico · 2026

Comprehensive safety assessment of diode laser circumcision in children: a retrospective cohort study.

Rodrigo Tapia-Borgo, Lucía L Cuevas-López, Diana E Villa-Guillén
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Median operative time for diode laser circumcision in children was 15 minutes.

Comprehensive safety assessment of diode laser circumcision in children: a retrospective cohort study.

Rodrigo Tapia-Borgo et al. · Boletin medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico · 2026
Background

Pediatric circumcision is a common procedure, with reported acute complication rates of 0.5-10%.

Purpose

This study evaluated the safety of diode laser circumcision in pediatric patients treated at a private hospital in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico (2022-2023).

Methods

Retrospective cohort of 51 patients ≤ 17 years who underwent diode laser circumcision diagnosed with phimosis (n = 29), balanitis (n = 13), balanitis xerotica obliterans (n = 5), and paraphimosis (n = 4).

n = 51 patients
Results
minutes
the typical time for laser circumcision surgery in children
n = 51 patients
More results

No significant bleeding, wound dehiscence, or reinterventions were observed.

No correlation was found between age and procedure duration (r: -0.08; p = 0.593) and no significant differences were observed among diagnoses (p = 0.183).

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Conclusion

Diode laser pediatric circumcision showed a favorable safety profile and homogeneous operative times. The limited sample size restricts generalizability, requiring prospective multicenter studies to confirm these findings.

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