Circumstraint: Difference between revisions

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The device was formerly manufactured by Olympic in Washington. It is now manufactured by Natus Medical and retails for $654.00.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://~~www.ciamedical~~.com/~~natus~~-~~medical-50100-each~~-circumstraint~~-infant-immobiliz-ea~~

|url=https://natus.com/products-services/olympic-circumstraint

|title=Natus Medical 50100 — Circumstraint Infant

|last=

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|DOI=10.1056/NEJM198711193172105

|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 an unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical [[amputation]] that does not cure or prevent disease and permanently harms the infant boy by loss of the protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory functions of his foreskin.

==Video==

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|Title=Struggling infant

|Text=In less than 30 seconds a nurse can immobilize a struggling infant...

|ref=<ref name="immobilizer">~~http~~://~~www.quickmedical~~.com/~~olympicmedical~~/circumstraint~~/immobolizer.html~~</ref>

|ref=<ref name="immobilizer">https://natus.com/products-services/olympic-circumstraint</ref>

}}

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 The device was formerly manufactured by Olympic in Washington. It is now manufactured by Natus Medical and retails for $654.00.<ref>{{REFweb
-  |url=https://www.ciamedical.com/natus-medical-50100-each-circumstraint-infant-immobiliz-ea
+  |url=https://natus.com/products-services/olympic-circumstraint
   |title=Natus Medical 50100 — Circumstraint Infant
   |last=
@@ Line 63: / Line 63: @@
   |DOI=10.1056/NEJM198711193172105
   |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 an unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical [[amputation]] that does not cure or prevent disease and permanently harms the infant boy by loss of the protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory functions of his foreskin.
 ==Video==
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   |Title=Struggling infant
   |Text=In less than 30 seconds a nurse can immobilize a struggling infant...
-  |ref=<ref name="immobilizer">http://www.quickmedical.com/olympicmedical/circumstraint/immobolizer.html</ref>
+  |ref=<ref name="immobilizer">https://natus.com/products-services/olympic-circumstraint</ref>
 }}