Circumcision risks: Difference between revisions

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* Epispadias
* Epispadias
* Excessive foreskin removed (leads to deformation)
* Excessive foreskin removed (leads to deformation)
* Fistulas
* [Fistulas]
* Genital warts
* Genital warts
* Gonorrhea
* Gonorrhea
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* Impotence
* Impotence
* Inclusion cysts
* Inclusion cysts
* Infection
* [http://www.cirp.org/library/death/sauer1/ Infection]
* Insufficient foreskin removed (re-surgery often done)
* Insufficient foreskin removed (re-surgery often done)
* [[Intraperitoneal rupture of the urinary bladder]]
* [[Intraperitoneal rupture of the urinary bladder]]
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* [[Meatal stenosis]] (20% [[complication]] rate)
* [[Meatal stenosis]] (20% [[complication]] rate)
* Meatal ulcer
* Meatal ulcer
* Meatitis
* [http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/brennemann1/ Meatitis]
* Necrosis of the penis
* Necrosis of the penis
* Oedema of the glans
* Oedema of the glans
* [[Phimosis]]
* [http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/blalock1/ Phimosis]
* Pain in erected state of the penis
* Pain in erected state of the penis
* Risk of required re-surgery
* Risk of required re-surgery
* Sexual dysfunction
* [http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/stinson/ Sexual dysfunction]
* [[Skin bridges]] between the shaft and the glans
* [[Skin bridges]] between the shaft and the glans
* Sudden Infant Death Syndrome<ref>{{REFweb
* Sudden Infant Death Syndrome<ref>{{REFweb
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* Syphilis
* Syphilis
* Tummy wall tear due to extreme cries of pain (newborn circumcision)
* Tummy wall tear due to extreme cries of pain (newborn circumcision)
* Uretritis
* Urethritus
* Urethrocutaneous fistula
* Urethrocutaneous fistula
* Urinary retention (this has caused deaths)
* Urinary retention (this has caused deaths)