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'''Pierre Crouse''' is a Canadian physician centered in Calgary, Alberta. One of his main practices is infant circumcision, he has a website<ref>{{REFweb | '''Pierre Crouse''' is a Canadian physician centered in Calgary, Alberta, [[Canada]]. One of his main practices is non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]], he has a website<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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|url= | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928165451/https://www.intramed.ca/circumcision/ | ||
|title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision | |title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision | ||
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|accessdate=2011-05-04 | |accessdate=2011-05-04 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
The [[Canadian Urological Association]] says "neonatal circumcision cannot be justified based | |||
on the current evidence available."<ref name="cua2018">{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=Canadian Urological Association guideline on the care of the normal foreskin and neonatal circumcision in Canadian infants (full version) | |||
|journal=Can Urol Assoc J | |||
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|date=2018-02 | |||
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|url=http://www.cua.org/themes/web/assets/files/5033_foreskin_guideline_longversion.pdf | |||
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|pubmedCID=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc5937400/ | |||
|DOI=/10.5489/cuaj.5033 | |||
|accessdate=2020-07-07 | |||
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== Crouse and Pollock websites are nearly identical == | == Crouse and Pollock websites are nearly identical == | ||
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Crouse's website is a near mirror-image of that of [[Neil Pollock]]'s. Some of the diagram images he uses are exactly the same, and some of the statements are repeated verbatim. Like Pollock, Crouse espouses the [[Mogen]] technique,<ref>{{REFweb | Crouse's website is a near mirror-image of that of [[Neil Pollock]]'s. Some of the diagram images he uses are exactly the same, and some of the statements are repeated verbatim. Like Pollock, Crouse espouses the [[Mogen]] technique,<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|quote=At Intramed, Dr. Crouse performs the Mogen circumcision technique. | |quote=At Intramed, Dr. Crouse performs the Mogen circumcision technique. | ||
|url=http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023627/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm | ||
|title=Parents’ guide to Circumcision | |title=Parents’ guide to Circumcision | ||
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}}</ref> and he advertises it as "new, safe, and virtually painless",<ref>{{REFweb | }}</ref> and he advertises it as "new, safe, and virtually painless",<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|quote=Learn more about the Mogen Circumcision Technique, a new, safe and virtually painless procedure performed in less than a minute. | |quote=Learn more about the Mogen Circumcision Technique, a new, safe and virtually painless procedure performed in less than a minute. | ||
|url= | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928165451/https://www.intramed.ca/circumcision/ | ||
|title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision | |title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision | ||
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}}</ref> as well being "quick, [with] minimal discomfort, and virtually bloodless."<ref>{{REFweb | }}</ref> as well being "quick, [with] minimal discomfort, and virtually bloodless."<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|quote=Quick, Minimal Discomfort, Virtually Bloodless | |quote=Quick, Minimal Discomfort, Virtually Bloodless | ||
|url= | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928165451/https://www.intramed.ca/circumcision/ | ||
|title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision | |title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Except for a few changes in wording, Pollock and Crouse's "Parents' Guide to Circumcision" pages are nearly identical, advertizing the [[Mogen]] technique as taking less than a minute, and | Except for a few changes in wording, Pollock and Crouse's "Parents' Guide to Circumcision" pages are nearly identical, advertizing the [[Mogen]] technique as taking less than a minute, and advertising identical [[pain]] control methods of Tylenol, sugar, and a local anaesthetic injection.<ref name="LessThan1Minute">{{REFweb | ||
|quote=Our procedure takes less than 1 minute. (many times faster than most hospital circumcisions) We use extensive pain control methods including Tylenol, a sugar solution (to reduce pain perception), topical freezing and a local anesthetic injection. | |quote=Our procedure takes less than 1 minute. (many times faster than most hospital circumcisions) We use extensive pain control methods including Tylenol, a sugar solution (to reduce pain perception), topical freezing and a local anesthetic injection. | ||
|url=http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023627/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm | ||
|title=Parents’ guide to Circumcision | |title=Parents’ guide to Circumcision | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Pollock and Crouse's "Parents' Guide to Circumcision" pages can be compared [http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html here] and [http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm here]. | Pollock and Crouse's "Parents' Guide to Circumcision" pages can be compared [http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023627/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm here]. | ||
== Misleading | == Misleading information == | ||
Like Neil Pollock, the information that Pierre Crouse dispenses is misleading, it conflicts with information provided on his own website, or it is simply not true. | Like Neil Pollock, the information that Pierre Crouse dispenses is misleading, it conflicts with information provided on his own website, or it is simply not true. | ||
=== "Virtually | === "Virtually bloodless" === | ||
"Virtually | "Virtually bloodless" appears in Pierre Crouse's website exactly as it does on Neil Pollock's, and just the same, information on blood control can be found on other parts of Crouse's website.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|quote=First, the cut edge seals and the bleeding ceases within minutes, hours, or even over the course of an entire day. | |quote=First, the cut edge seals and the [[bleeding]] ceases within minutes, hours, or even over the course of an entire day. | ||
|url=http:// | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023158/http://circumcisioncalgary.ca/after.htm | ||
|title=After the Circumcision | |title=After the Circumcision | ||
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|publisher=Intramed | |publisher=Intramed | ||
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}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | }}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | ||
|quote=A small amount of bleeding | |quote=A small amount of [[bleeding]] is normal. | ||
|url=http:// | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023644/http://circumcisioncalgary.ca/questions.htm | ||
|title=Frequently asked questions | |title=Frequently asked questions | ||
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|publisher=Intramed | |publisher=Intramed | ||
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|accessdate= | |accessdate=2020-03-19 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
=== "Virtually | === "Virtually painless" === | ||
Like Neil Pollock, Pierre Crouse promises the [[Mogen]] technique, along with his pain control methods to be "painless," affirming his customers with his surgical and anaesthesia background.<ref>{{REFweb | Like [[Neil Pollock]], Pierre Crouse promises the [[Mogen]] technique,<ref name="kaweblum1984">{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Circumcision using the mogen clamp | |||
|journal=Clin Pediatr | |||
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/mogen/ | |||
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|DOI=10.1177/000992288402301204 | |||
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}}</ref> along with his [[pain]] control methods to be "painless," affirming his customers with his surgical and anaesthesia background.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|quote=With his surgical and anesthesia background he is convinced that the Mogen circumcision technique with 4 steps pain control protocol is the most effective and painless method available. | |quote=With his surgical and anesthesia background he is convinced that the Mogen circumcision technique with 4 steps pain control protocol is the most effective and painless method available. | ||
|url=http:// | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325024321/http://circumcisioncalgary.ca/about.htm | ||
|title=About Dr. Crouse | |title=About Dr. Crouse | ||
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}}</ref> As Pollock, Pierre Crouse announces that the pain control methods used are Tylenol, sugar, a topical cream, and a local anaesthetic injection.<ref | }}</ref> As Pollock, Pierre Crouse announces that the [[pain]] control methods used are Tylenol, sugar, a topical cream, and a local anaesthetic injection.<ref name="LessThan1Minute"/> The topical anaesthetic only serves to numb the area to lessen the pain of the injection, but studies have shown that a dorsal penile ring block is not always effective in stopping the [[Pain| pain of circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|first5=Jennifer | |first5=Jennifer | ||
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|first6=Elena | |first6=Elena | ||
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|title=Pain During Mogen or | |title=Pain During Mogen or Plastibell Circumcision | ||
|journal=Journal of Perinatology | |journal=Journal of Perinatology | ||
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}}</ref><ref name='Clinical Pediatrics August 1986'>{{REFjournal | }}</ref><ref name='Clinical Pediatrics August 1986'>{{REFjournal | ||
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|first2=Nolan Donovan | |first2=Nolan Donovan | ||
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|title=Neonatal Cortisol Response to Circumcision with Anesthesia | |title=Neonatal Cortisol Response to Circumcision with Anesthesia | ||
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}}</ref> During the circumcision, the child is given sugar to "reduce his pain perceptions", but in at least one study, data shows that giving sugar to a child doesn't help to reduce the perception of pain in the child.<ref name='Lancet, The 2010-10-09'>{{REFjournal | }}</ref> During the circumcision, the child is given sugar to "reduce his pain perceptions", but in at least one study, data shows that giving sugar to a child doesn't help to reduce the perception of pain in the child.<ref name='Lancet, The 2010-10-09'>{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Oral sucrose as an analgesic drug for procedural pain in newborn infants: a randomised controlled trial | |title=Oral sucrose as an analgesic drug for procedural pain in newborn infants: a randomised controlled trial | ||
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}}</ref> Post-operative pain and the pain the child must endure during recovery is hardly, if ever, addressed. | }}</ref> Post-operative pain and the pain the child must endure during recovery is hardly, if ever, addressed. | ||
Circumcision [[pain]] actually is severe and traumatic. | |||
=== "Under one minute" === | === "Under one minute" === | ||
In a manner similar to Neil Pollock, Pierre Crouse promises a circumcision procedure that takes "under one minute,"<ref | In a manner similar to Neil Pollock, Pierre Crouse promises a circumcision procedure that takes "under one minute,"<ref name="LessThan1Minute"/> but this doesn't take into account the fact that the child must first have topical anaesthetic applied, and then be given the dorsal penile ring block for which there is a 10 minute waiting period for the injection to take effect. | ||
=== "A | === "A new technique" === | ||
As Neil Pollock, Pierre Crouse sells the [[Mogen]] circumcision technique as a new and recent development.<ref>{{REFweb | As Neil Pollock, Pierre Crouse sells the [[Mogen]] circumcision technique as a new and recent development.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|quote=Learn more about the Mogen Circumcision Technique, a new, safe and virtually painless procedure performed in less than a minute. | |quote=Learn more about the Mogen Circumcision Technique, a new, safe and virtually painless procedure performed in less than a minute. | ||
|url= | |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928165451/https://www.intramed.ca/circumcision/ | ||
|title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision | |title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision | ||
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==== What Crouse may not tell parents about Mogen ==== | ==== What Crouse may not tell parents about Mogen ==== | ||
Pollock and Crouse peddle the [[Mogen]] technique, but what they may not tell parents is that the Mogen clamp has been notorious for glans amputations, even among experienced conductors of circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal | Pollock and Crouse peddle the [[Mogen]] technique, but what they may not tell parents is that the Mogen clamp has been notorious for [[glans]] amputations, even among experienced conductors of [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|first2=Alma M. | |first2=Alma M. | ||
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|first3=J. Colin | |first3=J. Colin | ||
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|first4=Susan | |first4=Susan | ||
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|first5=Jennifer | |first5=Jennifer | ||
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|last6=Fuentes-Afflick | |||
|first6=Elena | |first6=Elena | ||
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|title=Pain During Mogen or | |title=Pain During Mogen or Plastibell Circumcision | ||
|journal=Journal of Perinatology | |journal=Journal of Perinatology | ||
|volume=22 | |volume=22 | ||
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|url=http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v22/n3/full/7210653a.html | |url=http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v22/n3/full/7210653a.html | ||
|quote=...approximately 10% of the glans of a newborn was amputated (it was reattached surgically) during a Mogen circumcision carried out by two of our most experienced physicians. | |quote=...approximately 10% of the glans of a newborn was amputated (it was reattached surgically) during a Mogen circumcision carried out by two of our most experienced physicians. | ||
}}</ref> Mogen went out of business<ref name="tagami2011">{{REFnews | |||
}}</ref> Mogen went out of business<ref>{{REFnews | |||
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}}</ref> after losing a 10.8 million dollar law suit,<ref | }}</ref> after losing a 10.8 million dollar law suit,<ref name="tagami2011"/> after a ''mohel''<ref name="tagami2011"/> | ||
severed the end of a baby's glans <ref name="tagami2011"/> using one of their clamps. Mogen claimed that injury was impossible with its use.<ref name="tagami2011"/> The injury behind a prior lawsuit in [https://www.fultoncourt.org/ Fulton County Superior Court] had already put Mogen on notice about the danger of the device.<ref name="tagami2011"/> In a different case, at [https://www.yellowpages.com/atlanta-ga/mip/south-fulton-medical-center-482596089 South Fulton Medical Center], another law suit was won against Mogen in 2009.<ref name="tagami2011"/> In that case, a child lost a third of his glans, and the plaintiffs were awarded 2.3 million dollars.<ref name="tagami2011"/> | |||
== Lack of third-party payment == | |||
[[Third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is not available in [[Canada]], so anyone seeking a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] must pay out of pocket. | |||
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* [[Canada]] | |||
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