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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.

Please bear in mind that infants are not born with a diseased penis that requires surgery. There are no medical indications for infant circumcision and few in later life. Infant circumcision is a ~~medicallly~~-unnecssary, non-therapeutic amputation of functional tissue that does not treat or prevent disease. It has risks and complications but no upside benefit.

Please bear in mind that infants are not born with a diseased [[penis]] that requires surgery. There are no medical indications for infant circumcision and few in later life. Infant circumcision is a medically-unnecssary, non-therapeutic amputation of functional tissue that does not treat or prevent disease. It has risks and complications but no upside benefit.

== General risks ==

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== Operative risks ==

* [[Death]]

* [[Amputation]] of the [[penis]]

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* [http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/wilson1/ Amputation of excess skin or denudation]

* [http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/bradley/ Burn of the penis after usage of electrocautery]

* [[Heart attack]]

* [[Shock]] or coma due to the extreme [[pain]] (newborn circumcision)

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* 8 will suffer infection at the surgical site.

* 3 will develop post-operative [[phimosis]].

* 2 will have more serious complications (seizure, heart attack, stroke, loss of [[penis]], [[death]]).

* 2 will have more serious complications (seizure, [[heart attack]], stroke, loss of [[penis]], [[death]]).

* 1 will require additional immediate surgery and sutures to stop hemorrhage.

* 1 will develop fibrosis.

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 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.
-Please bear in mind that infants are not born with a diseased penis that requires surgery. There are no medical indications for infant circumcision and few in later life. Infant circumcision is a medicallly-unnecssary, non-therapeutic amputation of functional tissue that does not treat or prevent disease. It has risks and complications but no upside benefit.
+Please bear in mind that infants are not born with a diseased [[penis]] that requires surgery. There are no medical indications for infant circumcision and few in later life. Infant circumcision is a medically-unnecssary, non-therapeutic amputation of functional tissue that does not treat or prevent disease. It has risks and complications but no upside benefit.
 == General risks ==
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 == Operative risks ==
 * [[Death]]
 * [[Amputation]] of the [[penis]]
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 * [http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/wilson1/ Amputation of excess skin or denudation]
 * [http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/bradley/ Burn of the penis after usage of electrocautery]
+* [[Heart attack]]
 * [[Shock]] or coma due to the extreme [[pain]] (newborn circumcision)
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 * 8 will suffer infection at the surgical site.
 * 3 will develop post-operative [[phimosis]].
-* 2 will have more serious complications (seizure, heart attack, stroke, loss of [[penis]], [[death]]).
+* 2 will have more serious complications (seizure, [[heart attack]], stroke, loss of [[penis]], [[death]]).
 * 1 will require additional immediate surgery and sutures to stop hemorrhage.
 * 1 will develop fibrosis.