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== General risks ==
 
== General risks ==
 
* Loss of the [[foreskin]] (100% complication rate)
 
* Loss of the [[foreskin]] (100% complication rate)
* [[Circumcision scar| Operation scar]] (100% complication rate)
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* [[Circumcision scar|Operation scar]] (100% complication rate)
 
* Loss of the [[frenulum]]
 
* Loss of the [[frenulum]]
 
* Loss of protection of the [[glans]]
 
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* Loss of sensation
 
* Loss of sensation
 
* Loss of money for a medically not indicated surgery
 
* Loss of money for a medically not indicated surgery
* Restoration of the foreskin not 100% possible and very time-consuming (adults)
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* [[Foreskin restoration|Restoration of the foreskin]] not 100% possible and very time-consuming (adults)
  
 
== Operative risks ==
 
== Operative risks ==

Revision as of 11:49, 23 February 2020

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

This article wants to offer a comprehensive overview of risks which can occur by undergoing a circumcision. This page is a landing page for those who want to find a quick overview about circumcision risks. Chances are that information given here is shown in more detail in other IntactiWiki articles.

General risks

Operative risks

  • Death
  • Amputation of the penis
  • Amputation of the glans
  • Amputation of excess skin or denudation
  • Shock or coma due to the extreme pain (newborn circumcision)
  • Because circumcision is type of surgery always, it also encompasses all the basic risks of surgery.
  • Infection
  • Bleeding, excess bleeding
  • Surgical mishap

Post-operative risks (A-Z)

  • Abnormal healing
  • Adhesions between the shaft and the glans
  • Chordee
  • Deformation of the penis
  • Early ablactation (weaning) (newborn circumcision)
  • Epispadias
  • Excessive foreskin removed (leads to deformation)
  • Fistulas
  • Hypospadias
  • Impetigo
  • Impotence
  • Inclusion cysts
  • Infection
  • Insufficient foreskin removed (re-surgery often done)
  • Loss of penile sensitivity
  • Lubricants required for masturbation and intercourse
  • Lung tear due to extreme cries of pain (newborn circumcision)
  • Lymphoedema
  • Meatal stenosis (20% complication rate)
  • Meatal ulcer
  • Meatitis
  • Necrosis of the penis
  • Oedema of the glans
  • Phimosis
  • Pain in erected state of the penis
  • Risk of required re-surgery
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Skin bridges between the shaft and the glans
  • Tummy wall tear due to extreme cries of pain (newborn circumcision)
  • Urethrocutaneous fistula
  • Urinary retention (this has caused deaths)
  • ...

Psychological risks

  • PTSD due to newborn trauma
  • Brain damage due to the extreme pain (newborn circumcision without effective anesthesia)
  • Circumcision coma
  • Cognitive dissonance
  • Frustration due to sexual dysfunction
  • Lowered pain sensitivity threshold (newborn circumcision)
  • Loss of bonding and trust to parents
  • Nipple confusion (newborn circumcision)
  • Feelings of being cheated, robbed, abandoned and unprotected by the own parents
  • Depression
  • Suicide

See also

External links