Development of retractable foreskin: Difference between revisions

Line 404: Line 404:
===Issues with circumcision as treatment===
===Issues with circumcision as treatment===


[[Adolescent and adult circumcision| Male circumcision]] is outmoded as a treatment for non-retractile foreskin, but it is still recommended by many urologists because of lack of adequate information, and perhaps because of the [[Financial Incentive|profit to the doctor]] associated with circumcision. Nevertheless, [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]] should be avoided whenever possible because of [[pain]], trauma, cost,<ref name="Van Howe">{{REFjournal
[[Adolescent and adult circumcision| Male circumcision]] is outmoded as a treatment for non-retractile foreskin, but it is still recommended by many urologists because of lack of adequate information, and perhaps because of the [[Financial Incentive|profit to the doctor]] associated with circumcision. Nevertheless, [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]] should be avoided whenever possible because of [[pain]], [[trauma]], cost,<ref name="Van Howe">{{REFjournal
  |last=Van Howe
  |last=Van Howe
  |init=RS
  |init=RS