Adolescent and adult circumcision: Difference between revisions

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==Consent==

Male circumcision is an ''elective'' surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] part of the [[penis]]. Legally, the patient or his surrogate must grant [[Informed consent| ''informed'' consent]] before the surgery can be performed. A surrogate's powers are limited to granting consent for medically-indicated and necessary surgery.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal

Male [[circumcision]] is an ''elective'' surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] part of the [[penis]]. Legally, the patient or his surrogate must grant [[Informed consent| ''informed'' consent]] before the surgery can be performed. A surrogate's powers are limited to granting consent for medically-indicated and necessary surgery.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal

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}}</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 [[Issues_with_American_urologists_and_the_practice_of_male_circumcision#Issues_with_care_of_adult_intact_males| 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 <u>irreversible</u> circumcision.

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 [[Issues_with_American_urologists_and_the_practice_of_male_circumcision#Issues_with_care_of_adult_intact_males| 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 <u>irreversible</u> [[circumcision]].

==Reasons for circumcision==

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 ==Consent==
-Male circumcision is an ''elective'' surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] part of the [[penis]]. Legally, the patient or his surrogate must grant [[Informed consent| ''informed'' consent]] before the surgery can be performed. A surrogate's powers are limited to granting consent for medically-indicated and necessary surgery.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
+Male [[circumcision]] is an ''elective'' surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] part of the [[penis]]. Legally, the patient or his surrogate must grant [[Informed consent| ''informed'' consent]] before the surgery can be performed. A surrogate's powers are limited to granting consent for medically-indicated and necessary surgery.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
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 }}</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 [[Issues_with_American_urologists_and_the_practice_of_male_circumcision#Issues_with_care_of_adult_intact_males| 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 <u>irreversible</u> circumcision.
+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 [[Issues_with_American_urologists_and_the_practice_of_male_circumcision#Issues_with_care_of_adult_intact_males| 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 <u>irreversible</u> [[circumcision]].
 ==Reasons for circumcision==