Circumcision is the most frequent surgical procedure performed on children that lessens the risk of UTIs. Circumcision is a procedure in which part of the prepuce is evacuated and results in a non-covered glans. “Uncircumcised boys have an overall 12-fold increased risk of urinary infection during their first 6 months compared with circumcised boys, in addition to a significantly higher probability of hospital admission for UTI (7.02 of 1,000) as compared with circumcised boys (McCue & Shortliffe, 2002)”. At birth, the foreskin, sometimes called the prepuce, is connected to the end of the penis, an area known as the glans. It is known that uro-pathogens attach to and promptly colonize the mucosal surface of the foreskin but not the keratinized
