Complication
This article refers to complications in connection with genital mutilation. The text is adapted from the (German) DocCheck Flexikon.[1]
Contents
Definition
In medicine, a complication is the undesired development or the unexpectedly difficult course of a disease, trauma or therapy. Complications are therefore secondary events.
In relation to drug therapy, the term "side effect" is used rather than "complication".
Background
Complications of a disease can arise from many different mechanisms, for example through
- spread of inflammatory processes (e.g. septicemia in an abscess);
- bleeding complications (e.g. with anticoagulation);
- dysregulation (e.g. shock);
- chronic tissue damage (e.g. neuropathy in diabetes mellitus).
In the case of invasive interventions in the human body, complications are frequent and must be communicated to the patient as part of the patient education. A "circumcision" is an invasive intervention in the human body by definition.
Classification
- Early complication: Short time between the triggering event and the occurrence of the complication
- Late complication: Long time lag between the triggering event and the occurrence of the complication
47 classes of complications
In a recently published meta-study, Iacob et al. (2021) defined 47 classes of complications arising from male circumcision.[2]
External links
(22 February 2013). Complications of circumcision
, CIRP.org. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
References
- ↑
Komplikation
[Complication] (German). Retrieved 24 November 2020. - ↑
Iacob SI, Feinn RS, Sardi L. Systematic review of complications arising from male circumcision 
. BJUI Compass. 2021; : 1–25. DOI. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
