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The [[Prepex]] device works by clamping the foreskin so that it is starved for blood, dies and falls off. In two cases observed during testing in Kenya the necrotic foreskin interfered with urination. This can occur only when medical personnel  use the Prepex device to do a circumcision so it is appropriately classified as [[iatrogenic]]. The PrePex was withdrawn from the market in 2019.  
The [[Prepex]] device works by clamping the [[foreskin]] so that it is starved for blood, dies and falls off. In two cases observed during testing in Kenya the necrotic foreskin interfered with [[urination]]. This can occur only when medical personnel  use the Prepex device to do a [[circumcision]] so it is appropriately classified as [[iatrogenic]]. The PrePex was withdrawn from the market in 2019.  


==Circumcision does not prevent HIV infection==
==Circumcision does not prevent HIV infection==
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The previously reported studies were from developed Western nations. Now we have information from Sub_Saharan Africa.
The previously reported studies were from developed Western nations. Now we have information from Sub_Saharan Africa.


French scientist [[Michel Garenne]], Ph.D. has published two reports in 2022 comparing the incidence of HIV infection in [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men.
French scientist [[Michel Garenne]], Ph.D. has published two reports in 2022 comparing the incidence of [[HIV]] infection in [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men.


In his first report, Garenne presented the findings from a study in Lesotho, the enclave in South Africa. He reported:
In his first report, Garenne presented the findings from a study in Lesotho, the enclave in South Africa. He reported:
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* [[Longer foreskin is favored]]
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