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Infant circumcision traditionally had been carried out without any kind of anesthesia or analgesia because of the false belief that infants could not feel pain. Researchers started to investigate the [[Pain| pain of circumcision]] in the 1970s. | Infant circumcision traditionally had been carried out without any kind of anesthesia or analgesia because of the false belief that infants could not feel pain. Researchers started to investigate the [[Pain| pain of circumcision]] in the 1970s. | ||
David Grimes, M.D. (1978), recognized the increasing controversy regarding the practice of non-therapeutic infant circumcision. | David Grimes, M.D. (1978), recognized the increasing controversy regarding the practice of non-therapeutic infant circumcision. Grimes discussed several concerns including: | ||
* Irrational patient selection. | |||
* Lack of information prior to consent. | |||
* Pain and anesthesia management. | |||
* Improper surgical objectives. | |||
* Lack of cost-effectiveness.<ref name="grimes1978">{{REFjournal | |||
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|first=David | |||
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|title=Routine circumcision of the newborn: a reappraisal | |||
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|journal=Am J Obstet Gynecol | |||
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|date=1978-01-15 | |||
|volume=130 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
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|pages=125-9 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/grimes/ | |||
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|pubmedID=413435 | |||
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|DOI=10.1016/0002-9378(78)90353-8 | |||
|accessdate=2021-10-05 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
Grimes concluded: | |||
<blockquote> However, until the benefits of routine circumcision of the neonate can be proved worth the risk and cost, medical resources probably should be allocated to measures of demonstrated value.<ref name="grimes1978" /> | |||
</blockquote> | |||