Meatoplasty / Meatotomy

WHILE YOU ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL

• Following surgery, your child will be encouraged to drink clear liquids when he is fully awake.
• He will be discharged home from the hospital when he is tolerating the fluids without vomiting. Nausea and vomiting are common reactions to the anesthesia and can occur for 24 hours.

UPON YOUR ARRIVAL HOME

Diet

• You may feed your child juices, Jello and clear broth when you arrive home. Gradually start him on regular solid foods that evening.
• A regular diet may be resumed the next morning.
• AVOID orange juice, soda, ice tea until the post-operative visit.

Dressing

• No bandage is required.
• If stitches were placed, they will dissolve within a few weeks and do not need to be removed.

Bathing

• You may bathe your son on the first post-operative day. 5 minute baths until your post-operative visit.
• Allow your son to first soak in a warm bath without soap. You may then add soap and bathe him normally.

Activity

Medications

• Apply Bacitracin ointment to the urinary meatus four times a day for five days post-operatively. If your child wears diapers apply Bacitracin ointment with each diaper change. Please change your child’s diapers more frequently than you usually would during this time.
• You may give your child Tylenol (acetaminophen) for any pain or discomfort.
• If your child has a temperature below 102 degrees F give Tylenol as directed.
• For a temperature of 102 degrees F or higher give Tylenol and please notify the doctor. The most common causes of post-operative fever are colds or ear infections.

Common Findings

• Black and blue at the base of the penis or scrotum due to the injection of pain medication during the procedure will disappear in a week or so.
• Scabbing is common at the tip of the penis. This causes the stream to spray and deviate. This takes up to a month to disappear.
• Your son may experience burning with urination for the few post-operative days. A warm bath without soap will help relieve these symptoms. Let him urinate in to the bathtub if it helps relieve his burning. The doctor may have placed him on a medication (Pyridium/phenazopyridine) to ease some urinary burning.
• Do not worry if you see a little blood spotting at the tip of the penis.

Post-Operative office visits

In case of emergency