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}}</ref> <ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> Infection is a well-known possible complication of circumcision. [[Circumcised]] males have an increased risk of infection due to the creation of an open wound and the loss of the protective functions of the foreskin.
==Informed consent==
When American surgeons are seeking [[informed consent]] for the [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]], they [[Informed_consent#Physician_behavior| customarily omit information]] about the [[immunological and protective function of the foreskin]], and which will be destroyed and will result in increased risk of infection, from the information provided to parents.
==Circumcision infection==
Neonatal [[circumcision]] is an elective, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of the healthy [[foreskin]] that is done only after parents sign a [[circumcision consent form]]. It exposes an infant to surgical risks, but does not treat or prevent disease.<ref name="deacon2022">{{REFjournal
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[[Urinary tract infection]] (UTI) is prevalent in [[Israel]] after [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]].<ref name="Goldman 1996" /> Toker et al. (2010) reported an incidence of [[UTI ]] in Jewish boys of 24.7% as compared to girls with 8.4%.<ref name="toker2010">{{REFjournal |last=Toker |first= |init=O |author-link= |last2=Schwartz |first2= |init2=S |author2-link= |last3=Segal |first3= |init3=G |author3-link= |last4=Godovitch |first4= |init4=N |author4-link= |last5=Schlesinger |first5= |init5=Y |author5-link= |last6=Raveh |first6= |init6=D |author6-link= |etal=no |title=A costly covenant: ritual circumcision and urinary tract infection |trans-title= |language= |journal=Isr Med Assoc J |location= |date=2010-05 |volume=12 |issue=5 |article= |pages=262-5 |url=https://www.ima.org.il/FilesUploadPublic/IMAJ/0/39/19639.pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=20929075 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |doi= |format=PDF |accessdate=2025-11-08}}</ref>
==Treatment==