Circumstraint: Difference between revisions

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  |DOI=10.1056/NEJM198711193172105
  |DOI=10.1056/NEJM198711193172105
  |accessdate=2022-10-28
  |accessdate=2022-10-28
}}</ref> It is dangerous to give infants general anesthesia, so the only possible pain relief is local nerve block, which is now recommended if a [[circumcision]] is to be done. These are of doubtful efficacy because of multiple nerve pathways in the [penis]], so baby boys still kick and scream, making the Circumstraint still necessary if a [[circumcision]] is to be done. Parents are reminded that infant circumcision is a unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical amputation that does not cure or prevent disease.
}}</ref> It is dangerous to give infants general anesthesia, so the only possible pain relief is local nerve block, which is now recommended if a [[circumcision]] is to be done. These are of doubtful efficacy because of multiple nerve pathways in the [[penis]], so baby boys still kick and scream, making the Circumstraint still necessary if a [[circumcision]] is to be done. Parents are reminded that infant circumcision is a unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical [[amputation]] that does not cure or prevent disease.


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