La ukusoka isenzo sokuhlinzwa esihlanganisaukususwa kwejwabu, isikhumba esimboza ngokwemvelo awuthi ngci umthondo.

Ukukhishwa kungase kube ingxenye noma ingqikithi, futhi kunomphumela wokushiya i-glans ingamboziwe. Uma kwenziwa ngenxa yezizathu zokwelapha, kubhekiselwa kuyo ngokuthi i-posthectomy.

Ukusoka kubhekwa njengendlela endala futhi esetshenziswa kabanzi emhlabeni: cishe u-30% wamadoda aneminyaka engaphezu kuka-15 asokiwe emhlabeni jikelele.

Ukusoka kungenziwa ngezizathu zezenkolo, zamasiko noma zezokwelapha:

• izisusa zenkolo : ukusoka kwenziwa ezinkolweni zamaJuda nezamaSulumane (ngokuvamile phakathi kweminyaka emi-3 neyisi-8 kumaSulumane, izinsuku ezimbalwa ngemva kokuzalwa kwamaJuda)
• izizathu zenhlanzeko namasiko : Ukusoka sekuyisikhathi eside (futhi kusahlinzekwa) kubazali bezingane ezisanda kuzalwa ngenxa yezizathu zokuhlanzeka emazweni ase-Anglo-Saxon (e-United States, e-Australia, eCanada nase-Great Britain kanye naseNingizimu Korea).
• izizathu zezokwelapha : ukusoka kungase kudingeke uma kwenzeka phimosis, okwenzeka lapho ukuvulwa kwejwabu kuncane kakhulu ukuvumela i-glans ukuba iphume uma kwenzeka i-erection (i-scaling nayo ayinakwenzeka). Lesi simo singaholela ezinkingeni ezihlukahlukene, njengobunzima bokuchama, ukuvuvukala noma ukutheleleka kwe-glans noma i-urethral meatus.