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{{Construction Site))'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the name of a nerve blocking local anesthesia procedure that is used to reduce the [[pain]] of non-therapeutic neonatal [[circumcision]].
using template LanderJ etal 1997
Ring block was proposed by Broadman et al. (1987) to reduce, not eliminate, the [[pain]] if a boy is to be [[circumcised]]. Broadman et al. also proposed the use of low-dose intravenous fentanyl for post-operative pain relief.<ref name="broadman1987">{{REFjournal
|last=Broadman
|first=
|init=LM
|author-link=
|last2=Hannallah
|first2=
|init2=RS
|author2-link=
|last3=Belman,
|first3=
|init3=AB
|author3-link=
|last4=Elder
|first4=
|init4=PT
|author4-link=
|last5=Ruttimann,
|first5=
|init5=U
|author5-link=
|last6=Epstein
|first6=
|init6=BS
|author6-link=
|etal=ne
|title=Post-circumcision analgesia—a prospective evaluation of subcutaneous ring block of the penis
|trans-title=
|journal=Anesthesiology
|location=
|date=1987-09
|volume=67
|issue=3
|pages=399-402
|url=https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/67/3/399/118178/Post-circumcision-Analgesia-A-Prospective
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=3307533
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1097/00000542-198709000-00019
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2023-11-25
}}</ref>
Ring block is considered to be more effective than [[dorsal penile nerve block]] or [[EMLA]] cream.<ref name="lander1997">{{LanderJ etal 1997}}</ref>
{{Box|Boxtext=<big><b>This procedure does NOT totally eliminate [[pain]]. A baby boy will still experience some [[pain]] and [[trauma]] with this analgesic procedure. Prevention of pain requires protecting a boy from elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Only boys who are protected from the medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision surgery experience no [[pain]] or [[trauma]].</b></big>}}
The [[penis]] is innervated by both dorsal and perineal nerves,<ref name="cepeda2023">{{REFjournal
|last=Cepeda-Emiliani
|first=
|init=A
|author-link=Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani
|last2=Gándara-Cortés
|first2=
|init2=M
|author2-link=
|last3=Otero-Alén
|first3=
|init3=M
|author3-link=
|last4=García
|first4=
|init4=H
|author4-link=
|last5=Suárez-Quintanilla
|first5=
|init5=J
|author5-link=
|last6=García-Caballero
|first6=
|init6=T
|author6-link=
|last7=Gallego
|first7=
|init7=R
|author7-link=
|last8=García-Caballero
|first8=
|init8=R
|author8-link=
|etal=no
|title=Immunohistological study of the density and distribution of human penile neural tissue: gradient hypothesis
|trans-title=
|journal= Int J Impot Res
|date=2023-05-02
|volume=35
|issue=3
|article=
|page=
|pages=286-305
|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-022-00561-9
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=35501394
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1038/s41443-022-00561-9
|accessdate=2023-12-09
}}</ref> therefore ring block can never be totally effective.
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[[Category:Circumcision]]
[[Category:Pain]]
[[Category:Medical term]]