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.
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 surgers, it also encompasses all the basic risks of surgery.
- Infection
- Bleeding, excess bleeding
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Post-operative risks
- Formation of skin bridges between the shaft and the glans
- Infection
- Urinary retention (this has caused deaths)
- Meatal ulcer
- 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
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