Adolescent and adult circumcision: Difference between revisions

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Male circumcision is an ''elective'' surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] part of the [[penis]]. Legally, the patient or his surrogate (proxy) must grant [[Informed consent| ''informed'' consent]] before the surgery can be performed.

The surgeon most provide all material information to the patient before [[informed consent]] can be granted. There is a strong tendency for the surgeon to omit telling the patient anything about the nature and [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ function of the foreskin], which would be lost through [[amputation]] if consent should be granted.

The surgeon most provide all material information to the patient before [[informed consent]] can be granted. There is a strong tendency for the surgeon to omit telling the patient anything about the nature and [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ function of the foreskin],<ref name="masood2005">{{REFjournal

|last=Masood

|init=S

|etal=yes

|title=Penile sensitivity and sexual satisfaction after circumcision: are we informing men correctly?

|journal=Urol Int

|date=2005

|volume=75

|issue=1

|pages=62-6

|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/masood1/

|pubmedID=16037710

|pubmedCID=

|DOI=10.1159/000085930

|accessdate=2022-11-21

}}</ref> which would be lost through [[amputation]] if consent should be granted.

Urologic surgeons in the [[United States]] derive a substantial fee from the performance of a circumcision, so some may have a [[bias]] in favor of circumcision and may inappropriately recommend circumcision to patients when a conservative treatment would be satisfactory or even when no treatment is necessary. Patients should be wary and do their own research before granting consent for an irreversible circumcision.

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 Male circumcision is an ''elective'' surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] part of the [[penis]]. Legally, the patient or his surrogate (proxy) must grant [[Informed consent| ''informed'' consent]] before the surgery can be performed.
-The surgeon most provide all material information to the patient before [[informed consent]] can be granted. There is a strong tendency for the surgeon to omit telling the patient anything about the nature and [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ function of the foreskin], which would be lost through [[amputation]] if consent should be granted.
+The surgeon most provide all material information to the patient before [[informed consent]] can be granted. There is a strong tendency for the surgeon to omit telling the patient anything about the nature and [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ function of the foreskin],<ref name="masood2005">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Masood
+ |init=S
+ |etal=yes
+ |title=Penile sensitivity and sexual satisfaction after circumcision: are we informing men correctly?
+ |journal=Urol Int
+ |date=2005
+ |volume=75
+ |issue=1
+ |pages=62-6
+ |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/masood1/
+ |pubmedID=16037710
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=10.1159/000085930
+ |accessdate=2022-11-21
+}}</ref> which would be lost through [[amputation]] if consent should be granted.
 Urologic surgeons in the [[United States]] derive a substantial fee from the performance of a circumcision, so some may have a [[bias]] in favor of circumcision and may inappropriately recommend circumcision to patients when a conservative treatment would be satisfactory or even when no treatment is necessary. Patients should be wary and do their own research before granting consent for an irreversible circumcision.