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  |title=Post-circumcision analgesia--a prospective evaluation of subcutaneous ring block of the penis
  |title=Post-circumcision analgesia—a prospective evaluation of subcutaneous ring block of the penis
  |journal=Anesthesiology
  |journal=Anesthesiology
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  |DOI=10.1097/00000542-198709000-00019  
  |DOI=10.1097/00000542-198709000-00019  
  |accessdate=2020-11-18
  |accessdate=2020-11-18
}}</ref> Ring block is considered the most effective analgesic procedure for neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Infant boys feel less pain and suffer less trauma than with the other two procedures.<ref name="lander1997" /> <ref name="stang1997">{{REFjournal
}}</ref> Ring block is considered the most effective analgesic procedure for neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Infant boys feel less pain and suffer less trauma than with the other two pain reduction procedures.<ref name="lander1997" /> <ref name="stang1997">{{REFjournal
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  |first=Howard J.
  |first=Howard J.
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The standard of care now requires analgesia if elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is to be carried out.  
The standard of care now requires analgesia if elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is to be carried out.  


<b>None of the three procedures described above totally eliminate pain. A boy will still experience some pain with any of those procedures. Prevention of pain requires protecting a boy from elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Only boys who are protected from circumcision surgery feel no pain or trauma.</b>
<b>However, none of the above three procedures totally eliminate pain. A baby boy will still experience some pain despite any of those analgesic procedures. Prevention of pain requires protecting a boy from elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Only boys who are protected from the medically unnecessary circumcision surgery experience no pain or trauma.</b>


==Attitudes and practices regarding analgesia for newborn circumcision==
==Attitudes and practices regarding analgesia for newborn circumcision==