Histological and morphological development of the prepuce from birth to prepubertal age.
Erim ErdemMustafa Kaplan CaliskanMeryem Ilkay KaragulErdem AkbayBanu Coskun YilmazYuksel Cem AygunPublished in: Investigative and clinical urology (2024)
This is the first study to examine the age-related structure of connective tissue elements in the foreskin. Our results showed that the prepuce's prepubertal maturation process is continuous, and the first 2 years of life are appropriate not only in relation to the physiological effects of age but also the optimum structural changes for wound healing, such as vessel diameter, epithelium thickness, peripheral nerve count.