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|etal=no
|title=Post-circumcision analgesia--a analgesia—a prospective evaluation of subcutaneous ring block of the penis
|journal=Anesthesiology
|location=
|DOI=10.1097/00000542-198709000-00019
|accessdate=2020-11-18
}}</ref> Ring block is considered the most effective analgesic procedure for neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Infant boys feel less pain and suffer less trauma than with the other two pain reduction procedures.<ref name="lander1997" /> <ref name="stang1997">{{REFjournal
|last=Stang
|first=Howard J.
The standard of care now requires analgesia if elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is to be carried out.
<b>None However, none of the above three procedures described above totally eliminate pain. A baby boy will still experience some pain with despite any of those analgesic procedures. Prevention of pain requires protecting a boy from elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Only boys who are protected from the medically unnecessary circumcision surgery feel experience no pain or trauma.</b>
==Attitudes and practices regarding analgesia for newborn circumcision==