Medical literature about child circumcision

This page collects and indexes medical literature about child circumcision.

Work in progress: The following information does not claim to be complete. More content will be added gradually.

Introduction

A number of articles about the practice of circumcision have been published. This page collects the more significant articles.

Articles

• Brennermann J. The ulcerated meatus in the circumcised child. Am J Dis Child. 1921; 21: 38-47. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
• Gairdner DMT. The fate of the foreskin: a study of circumcision. British Medical Journal. 1949; 2(4642): 1433-7. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
• Morgan WKC. The rape of the phallus. JAMA. 19 July 1965; 193(3): 123-4. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Wright JE. Non-therapeutic circumcision. Med J Aust. 27 May 1967; 1(21): 1083-6. PMID. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Morgan WKC. Penile plunder. Med J Aust. 27 May 1967; 1(21): 102-3. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Øster J. Further Fate of the Foreskin: Incidence of Preputial Adhesions, Phimosis, and Smegma among Danish Schoolboys . Arch Dis Child. 1968; 43(228): 200-3. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
• Leitch IOW. Circumcision. A continuing enigma. Aust Paediatr J. June 1970; 6(2): 59-65. PMID. Retrieved June 2024.
• Preston EN. Whither the foreskin? A consideration of routine neonatal circumcision. JAMA. 14 September 1970; 213(11): 1853-8. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Falliers CJ. Circumcision. JAMA. 21 December 1970; 214(12): 2194. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Patel H. The problem of routine infant circumcision. Can Med Assoc J. 10 September 1966; 95(11): 576-81. PMID. PMC. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
• Grimes DA. Routine circumcision of the newborn infant: a reappraisal. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 15 January 1978; 130(2): 125-9. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
• Gellis SS. Circumcision. Am J Dis Child. 1978; 132(12): 1168-9. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Anonymous editorial. The case against neonatal circumcision . Br Med J. 5 May 1979; 1(6172): 1163-4. PMID. PMC. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Fleiss PM, Douglass J. The case against neonatal circumcision. Brit Med J. 1 September 1979; 2(6189): 554. PMID. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Oliver JE. Circumcision and cruelty to children. Br Med J. 13 October 1979; 2(6195): 933. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Baker RL. Newborn male circumcision: needless and dangerous. Sexual Medicine Today. November 1979; 3(11): 35-6. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• McHugh M. Circumcision — is it ever necessary?. Ir Med J. February 1981; 74(2): 55-6. PMID. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Metcalf TJ, Osborn LM, Mariani EM. Circumcision: A study of current practices. Clin Pediatr (Phila). March 1983; 22(8): 575-9. PMID. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
• Hughes GK. Circumcision: another look. Ohio Medicine. February 1990; 86(2): 92. PMID. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
• Rickwood AMK. The unkindest cut of all?. J Ir Coll Physicians Surg. July 1992; 21(3): 179-81. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Denniston GC. Unnecessary Circumcision. The Female Patient. July 1992; 17: 13-4. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Gordon A, Collin J. Saving the normal foreskin. BMJ. 2 January 1993; 306: 1-2. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Warren JP, Bigelow J. The case against circumcision. Br J Sex Med. September 1994; : 6-8.
• Milos MF, Macris MR (1994): Circumcision: male — effects upon human sexuality. Work: Human Sexuality: an Encyclopedia. Vern L. Bullough and Bonnie Bullough. (ed.). New York: Garland Publishers. Pp. 119-22. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
• Warren JP, Smith PD, Dalton JD, et al. Circumcision of children . BMJ. 10 February 1996; 312(7027): 377. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
• Konopka. Circumventing circumcision. Infectious Diseases in Children. July 1997; 10(7): 4. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Elder JS. Circumcision—are you with us or against us?. J Urol. 2006; 176(5): 1911. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Kim D, Pang M. The effect of male circumcision on sexuality. BJU Int. March 1997; 99(3): 619-22. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
• Laumann EO, Masi CM, Zuckerman EW. Circumcision in the United States. JAMA. 2 April 1997; 277(13): 1052-7. PMID. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Agawal A, Mohta A, Anand RK. Preputial retraction in children. Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons. 2005; 10(2): 89-91. DOI. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
• Dalton JD. Male circumcision – see the harm to get a balanced picture. J Mens Health Gend. September 2007; 4(3): 312-7. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Hill G. The case against circumcision . J Mens Health Gend. 2007; 4(3): 318-23. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
• Sorrells ML, Snyder JD. Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis. BJU Int. 22 October 2007; 99(4): 864–869. PMID. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
• Frisch M, Lindholm M, Grønbæk M. Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a survey-based, cross-sectional study in Denmark. Int J Epidemiol. 14 June 2011; 40(5): 1367-81. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
• Moore, Peter (3 February 2015). Young Americans less supportive of circumcision at birth. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
• Jacobson DL, Balmert LC, Holl JL, Rosoklija I, Davis MM, Johnson EK. Nationwide Circumcision Trends: 2003 to 2016. J Urol. January 2021; 205(1): 257-63. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 18 June 2024.