Circumcision risks

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This article wants to offer a comprehensive overview of risks which can occur by undergoing a circumcision. This page is a landing page for those who want to find a quick overview about circumcision risks. Chances are that information given here is shown in more detail in other IntactiWiki articles.

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General risks

• Loss of the foreskin (100% complication rate)
• Loss of the frenulum
• Reduction of the penis
• Keranitization of the glans
• Loss of sensation

Operative risks

• Death
• Amputation of the penis
• Because circumcision always is type of surgery, it also encompasses all the basic risks of surgery.

• Infection
• Bleeding, excess bleeding
• ...

Post-operative risks

• Formation of skin bridges between the shaft and the glans
• Infection
• Urinary retention (this has caused deaths)
• Meatal ulcer
• Meatal stenosis (20% complication rate)
• Impetigo
• Fistulas
• Lymphoedema
• Loss of penile sensitivity
• Sexual dysfunction
• Oedema of the glans
• Risk of required re-surgery
• Pain in erected state of the penis

Psychological risks

• Brain damage due to the extreme pain (newborn circumcision without effective anesthesia)
• Circumcision coma
• Frustration due to sexual dysfunction
• ...

See also

• Circumcision botches
• Documented severe complications of circumcision
• Fatalities
• Psychological issues of male circumcision
• Risks and complications
• Sexual effects of circumcision