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There are three types of '''{{Construction SiteFULLPAGENAME}}s''' in common use that make it easier and relatively safer for medical doctors to [[Financial incentive|profit]] by carrying out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic harmful infant [[circumcision]].<ref name="connor2023-12-21">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/economics-of-circumcision/ |title=The Economics of Circumcision: A Full Breakdown of This Penis Business |last=Garrett |first=Connor |author-link=Connor Judson Garrett |publisher=Intact America |date=2023-12-21 |accessdate=2025-04-23}}</ref> Infant circumcision is almost always carried out by the use of a circumcision device or clamp. They are useful because they reduce the risk of [[bleeding]].

There are three types of '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' in common use that make it easier and relatively safer for medical doctors to profit by carrying out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]]. Infant circumcision is almost always carried out by the use of a circumcision device or clamp. They are useful because they reduce the risk of [[bleeding]]. The most common devices are the [[Gomco| Gomco clamp]]clamp, the [[Mogen| Mogen clampPlastibell]]device, and the [[Plastibell| Plastibell deviceMogen]]clamp, however none of them are really safe and serious injury or even [[death]] can occur with any of them.<ref name="milos2022s03-14">{{REFweb

The [[Gomco ]] clamp is the oldest designand remains the most popular. It was introduced in the early 1930s.The Gomco clamp suppresses bleeding by crushing of the foreskin and the blood vessels within, after which the [[foreskin]] may be excised with a scapel. [[Pain]] is plentiful. The [[Plastibell]] was introduced in the early 1950s. The Plastibell suppresses bleeding by the use of a string tied tightly around the foreskin to crush the foreskin and its blood vessels against the Plastibell. The [[foreskin]] and the Plastibell is then allowed to die and fall off after several days. The Plastibell may cause urine retention and its risks, including [[death]]. The [[Mogen]] clamp was introduced in 1954 and is the newest of the three instruments. It was invented by a rabbi and is based on the design of the traditional Jewish barzell, so it may be favored by [[Mohel| mohellim]] for the performance of [[ritual circumcision]]. The Mogen instrument claims to protect the glans penis during circumcision, however, in actual practice it has been possible to slice off part of the [[glans penis]]. There have been some very substantial awards for damages that have caused the company to go into bankruptcy and suspend production of the Mogen clamp. == Change in medical view ==One should note that these circumcision instruments were all developed more than seventy years ago and are relics of the last century. At that time medical opinion favored infant [[circumcision]], which was then alleged to prevent various diseases. Medical opinion has shifted dramatically since then. [[Circumcision]] is no longer viewed as an effective preventer of disease. Instead, circumcision of male minors is now viewed as a harmful, unnecessary, unethical, violation of the patient's [[human rights]], and [[genital mutilation]], which causes a loss of functional penile tissue and irreversible loss of protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory functions. Medical science now knows that [[circumcised]] boys have three times more penile issues than [[foreskinned]] boys.<ref name=fendereski2024">{{REFjournal |last=Fendereski |first= |init=K |author-link= |last2=Horns |first2= |init2=JJ |author2-link= |last3=Driggs |first3= |init3=N |author3-link= |last4=Lau |first4= |init4=G |author4-link= |last5=Shaeffer |first5= |init5=AJ |author5-link= |etal=no |title=Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision |journal=J Pediatr Surg |date=2024-11 |volume=59 |issue=11 |article=161614 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002234682400407X |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=39084960 |pubmedCID=11486584 |DOI=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.06.022 |accessdate=2025-04-23}}</ref> Not a single medical authority anywhere now recommends non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys. The practice of circumcision of male infants is now declining everywhere that it has been practiced, so it is unlikely that new circumcision instruments will be developed. {{SEEALSO}}* [[Circumcision]]* [[Circumcision methods]]* [[Pain]]* [[Trauma]]