Pierre Crouse: Difference between revisions

'''Pierre Crouse''' is a Canadian physician centered in Calgary, Alberta. One of his main practices is infant circumcision, he has a website<ref>{{REFweb

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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 advertizing identical pain control methods of Tylenol, sugar, and a local anaesthetic injection.<ref>{{REFweb

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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]. (Pages last viewed on May 4th, 2011)

== Misleading Information ==

=== "Virtually Bloodless" ===

"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.

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  |quote=A small amount of bleeding is normal.A small amount of bleeding is normal.

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=== "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

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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>{{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.

}}</ref> 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 of circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal

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In a manner similar to Neil Pollock, Pierre Crouse promises a circumcision procedure that takes "under one minute,"<ref>{{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.

}}</ref> 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 New Technique" ===

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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|last=Taeusch

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  |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> 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 South Fulton Medical Center, another law suit was won 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"/>

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