COMPLICATIONS OF CIRCUMCISION.
Circumcision remains a common operation,
with over 30,000 procedures performed annually in the U.K., mostly on children.
The British Medical Association has
recommended that circumcision should be performed only for medical reasons.
Despite this, controversy exists over
whether too many circumcisions are being performed.
Are patients being exposed to an
unnecessary operation?
It may be argued that in doubtful cases it is easier to proceed to circumcision on the assumption that the risks are low, but the operation is associated with a definite morbidity and rare deaths are reported.
It may be argued that in doubtful cases it is easier to proceed to circumcision on the assumption that the risks are low, but the operation is associated with a definite morbidity and rare deaths are reported.
This review considers the spectrum of
complications what may result from circumcision and discusses the possible
aetiological (the study of causation) mechanisms.
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