PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A defective penile-circumcision clamp caused the tip of a 7-day-old infant's penis to be amputated, his mother claims in court. Though the mother identifies herself and her son in ...
The current position of the American Academy of Pediatrics is that in the United States, the available evidence suggests that the benefits of elective newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks.
Beyond physician preference and cosmetic outcome, pain is a discriminating variable when evaluating circumcision instruments. Three studies have evaluated circumcision associated pain with the use of ...