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'''Pierre Crouse''' is a Canadian physician centered in Calgary, Alberta, [[Canada]]. One of his main practices is non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]], he has a website<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=
|url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20180928165451/https://www.circumcisioncalgaryintramed.ca/circumcision/
|title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision
|last=
|accessdate=2011-05-04
}}</ref>
The [[Canadian Urological Association]] says "neonatal circumcision cannot be justified based
on the current evidence available."<ref name="cua2018">{{REFjournal
|last=Dave
|first=Sumit
|init=S
|author-link=
|last2=Afshar
|first2=Kourash
|init2=K
|author2-link=
|last3=Braga
|first3=Luis
|init3=L
|author3-link=
|last4=Anderson
|first4=Peter
|init4=P
|author4-link=
|etal=no
|title=Canadian Urological Association guideline on the care of the normal foreskin and neonatal circumcision in Canadian infants (full version)
|journal=Can Urol Assoc J
|location=
|date=2018-02
|volume=12
|issue=2
|pages=E76-99
|url=http://www.cua.org/themes/web/assets/files/5033_foreskin_guideline_longversion.pdf
|pubmedID=29381458
|pubmedCID=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc5937400/
|DOI=/10.5489/cuaj.5033
|accessdate=2020-07-07
}}</ref>
== Crouse and Pollock websites are nearly identical ==
Crouse's website is a near mirror-image of that of [[Neil Pollock]]'s. Some of the diagram images he uses are exactly the same, and some of the statements are repeated verbatim. Like Pollock, Crouse espouses the [[Mogen]] technique,<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=At Intramed, Dr. Crouse performs the Mogen circumcision technique.
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023627/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm
|title=Parents’ guide to Circumcision
|last=
}}</ref> and he advertises it as "new, safe, and virtually painless",<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=Learn more about the Mogen Circumcision Technique, a new, safe and virtually painless procedure performed in less than a minute.
|url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20180928165451/https://www.circumcisioncalgaryintramed.ca/circumcision/
|title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision
|last=
}}</ref> as well being "quick, [with] minimal discomfort, and virtually bloodless."<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=Quick, Minimal Discomfort, Virtually Bloodless
|url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20180928165451/https://www.circumcisioncalgaryintramed.ca/circumcision/
|title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision
|last=
}}</ref>
Except for a few changes in wording, Pollock and Crouse's "Parents' Guide to Circumcision" pages are nearly identical, advertizing the [[Mogen]] technique as taking less than a minute, and advertizing advertising identical [[pain ]] control methods of Tylenol, sugar, and a local anaesthetic injection.<refname="LessThan1Minute">{{REFweb
|quote=Our procedure takes less than 1 minute. (many times faster than most hospital circumcisions) We use extensive pain control methods including Tylenol, a sugar solution (to reduce pain perception), topical freezing and a local anesthetic injection.
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023627/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm
|title=Parents’ guide to Circumcision
|last=
}}</ref>
Pollock and Crouse's "Parents' Guide to Circumcision" pages can be compared [http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-guide.html here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023627/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm here]. (Pages last viewed on May 4th, 2011)
== Misleading Information information ==
Like Neil Pollock, the information that Pierre Crouse dispenses is misleading, it conflicts with information provided on his own website, or it is simply not true.
=== "Virtually Bloodlessbloodless" ===
"Virtually Bloodlessbloodless" appears in Pierre Crouse's website exactly as it does on Neil Pollock's, and just the same, information on blood control can be found on other parts of Crouse's website.<ref>{{REFweb |quote=First, the cut edge seals and the [[bleeding ]] ceases within minutes, hours, or even over the course of an entire day. |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023158/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/after.htm
|title=After the Circumcision
|last=
|publisher=Intramed
|date=
|accessdate=20112020-0503-0419
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|quote=A small amount of [[bleeding is normal.A small amount of bleeding ]] is normal. |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325023644/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/questions.htm
|title=Frequently asked questions
|last=
|publisher=Intramed
|date=
|accessdate=20112020-0503-0419
}}</ref>
=== "Virtually Painlesspainless" ===
Like [[Neil Pollock]], Pierre Crouse promises the [[Mogen]] technique, <ref name="kaweblum1984">{{REFjournal |last=Kaweblum |first=Yosef |init=Y |author-link= |last2=Press |first2=Shirley |init2=S |author2-link= |last3=Kogan |first3=Leib |init3=L |author3-link= |title=Circumcision using the mogen clamp |journal=Clin Pediatr |location=PA |date=1984-12 |volume=23 |issue= |pages=679-82 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/mogen/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=6499347 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1177/000992288402301204 |accessdate=2020-08-06}}</ref> along with his [[pain ]] control methods to be "painless," affirming his customers with his surgical and anaesthesia background.<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=With his surgical and anesthesia background he is convinced that the Mogen circumcision technique with 4 steps pain control protocol is the most effective and painless method available.
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325024321/http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/about.htm
|title=About Dr. Crouse
|last=
|date=
|accessdate=2011-05-04
}}</ref> As Pollock, Pierre Crouse announces that the [[pain ]] control methods used are Tylenol, sugar, a topical cream, and a local anaesthetic injection.<ref>{{REFweb |quote=Our procedure takes less than 1 minute. (many times faster than most hospital circumcisions) We use extensive pain control methods including Tylenol, a sugar solution (to reduce pain perception), topical freezing and a local anesthetic injection. |urlname=http:"LessThan1Minute"//www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm |title=Parents’ guide to Circumcision |last= |first= |publisher=Intramed |date= |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> The topical anaesthetic only serves to numb the area to lessen the pain of the injection, but studies have shown that a dorsal penile ring block is not always effective in stopping the [[Pain| pain of circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Taeusch
|first=H. William
|init=HW
|last2=Martinez
|first2=Alma M.
|last2init2=MartinezAM |last3=Partridge
|first3=J. Colin
|last3init3=PartridgeJC |last4=Sniderman
|first4=Susan
|last4init4=SnidermanS |last5=Armstrong-Wells
|first5=Jennifer
|last5init5=ArmstrongJ |last6=Fuentes-WellsAfflick
|first6=Elena
|last6init6=Fuentes-AfflickE
|title=Pain During Mogen or Plastibell Circumcision
|journal=Journal of Perinatology
|last=Williamson
|first=Paul S.
|init=PS
|last2=Evans
|first2=Nolan Donovan
|last2init2=EvansND
|title=Neonatal Cortisol Response to Circumcision with Anesthesia
|journal=Clinical Pediatrics
|last=Slater
|first=Rebeccah
|init=R
|last2=Cornelissen
|first2=Laura
|last2init2=CornelissenL |last3=Fabrizi
|first3=Lorenzo
|last3init3=FabriziL |last4=Patten
|first4=Debbie
|last4init4=PattenD |last5=Yoxen
|first5=Jan
|last5init5=YoxenJ |last6=Worley
|first6=Alan
|last6init6=WorleyA |last7=Boyd
|first7=Stewart
|last7init7=BoydS |last8=Meek
|first8=Judith
|last8init8=MeekJ |last9=Fitzgerald
|first9=Prof. Maria
|last9init9=FitzgeraldM
|title=Oral sucrose as an analgesic drug for procedural pain in newborn infants: a randomised controlled trial
|journal=the Lancet
|accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> Post-operative pain and the pain the child must endure during recovery is hardly, if ever, addressed.
Circumcision [[pain]] actually is severe and traumatic.
=== "Under one minute" ===
In a manner similar to Neil Pollock, Pierre Crouse promises a circumcision procedure that takes "under one minute,"<ref>{{REFweb |quotename=Our procedure takes less than 1 minute. (many times faster than most hospital circumcisions) We use extensive pain control methods including Tylenol, a sugar solution (to reduce pain perception), topical freezing and a local anesthetic injection. |url=http://www.circumcisioncalgary.ca/more.htm |title=Parents’ guide to Circumcision |last= |first= |publisher=Intramed |date= |accessdate=2011-05-04}}<"LessThan1Minute"/ref> but this doesn't take into account the fact that the child must first have topical anaesthetic applied, and then be given the dorsal penile ring block for which there is a 10 minute waiting period for the injection to take effect.
=== "A New Techniquenew technique" ===
As Neil Pollock, Pierre Crouse sells the [[Mogen]] circumcision technique as a new and recent development.<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=Learn more about the Mogen Circumcision Technique, a new, safe and virtually painless procedure performed in less than a minute.
|url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20180928165451/https://www.circumcisioncalgaryintramed.ca/circumcision/
|title=Intramed Medical Centre - Infant Circumcision
|last=
==== What Crouse may not tell parents about Mogen ====
Pollock and Crouse peddle the [[Mogen]] technique, but what they may not tell parents is that the Mogen clamp has been notorious for [[glans ]] amputations, even among experienced conductors of [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Taeusch
|first=H. William
|init=HW
|last2=Martinez
|first2=Alma M.
|last2init2=MartinezAM |last3=Partridge
|first3=J. Colin
|last3init3=PartridgeJC |last4=Sniderman
|first4=Susan
|last4init4=SnidermanS |last5=Armstrong-Wells
|first5=Jennifer
|last5init5=ArmstrongJ |last6=Fuentes-WellsAfflick
|first6=Elena
|last6init6=Fuentes-AfflickE
|title=Pain During Mogen or Plastibell Circumcision
|journal=Journal of Perinatology
|url=http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v22/n3/full/7210653a.html
|quote=...approximately 10% of the glans of a newborn was amputated (it was reattached surgically) during a Mogen circumcision carried out by two of our most experienced physicians.
|last=Tagami
|first=Ty
|date=2010-07-19
|accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> after losing a 10.8 million dollar law suit,<ref>{{REFnews |last=Tagami |first=Ty |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/atlanta-lawyer-wins-11-573890.html |title=Atlanta lawyer wins $11 million lawsuit for family in botched circumcision |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |quote=after an infant lost a portion of his penis during an operation with the Mogen clamp, a judge awarded $10.8 million in damages against the company. |date=2010-07-19 |accessdatename=2011-04-08}}<"tagami2011"/ref> after a ''mohel''<ref>{{REFnews |lastname=Tagami |first=Ty |url=http:"tagami2011"//www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/atlanta-lawyer-wins-11-573890.html |title=Atlanta lawyer wins $11 million lawsuit for family in botched circumcision |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |quote=In this case, a New York mohel, or Jewish ritual circumcisor, performed the operation in the baby's home> |date=2010-07-19 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> severed the end of a baby's glans<ref>{{REFnews |lastname=Tagami |first=Ty |url=http://www.ajc.com/news"tagami2011"/nation-world/atlanta-lawyer-wins-11-573890.html |title=Atlanta lawyer wins $11 million lawsuit for family in botched circumcision |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |quote=The baby in the current case, identified in court documents only as L.G., lost the entire glans, or head, of his penis ... |date=2010-07-19 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> using one of their clamps. Mogen claimed that injury was impossible with its use.<ref>{{REFnews |last=Tagami |first=Ty |urlname=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world"tagami2011"/atlanta-lawyer-wins-11-573890.html |title=Atlanta lawyer wins $11 million lawsuit for family in botched circumcision |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |quote=The maker of an instrument used in circumcisions claimed that injury was impossible with its use... |date=2010-07-19 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> The injury behind a prior lawsuit in [https://www.fultoncourt.org/ Fulton County Superior Court ] had already put Mogen on notice about the danger of the device.<refname="tagami2011"/>{{REFnews |last=Tagami |first=Ty |url=httpIn a different case, at [https://www.ajcyellowpages.com/newsatlanta-ga/nation-worldmip/atlantasouth-lawyerfulton-winsmedical-11-573890.html |title=Atlanta lawyer wins $11 million lawsuit for family in botched circumcision |publisher=The Atlanta Journalcenter-Constitution |quote=Attorney David Llewellyn won a similar case in Atlanta last year and the injury behind that prior lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court put the New York clamp manufacturer on notice about the danger of the device... |date=2010-07-19 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> In a different case, at 482596089 South Fulton Medical Center], another law suit was won against Mogen in 2009.<ref>{{REFnews |last=Tagami |first=Ty |urlname=http:/"tagami2011"/www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/atlanta-lawyer-wins-11-573890.html |title=Atlanta lawyer wins $11 million lawsuit for family in botched circumcision |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |quote=Llewellyn won another circumcision case in 2009 over an operation at South Fulton Medical Center. |date=2010-07-19 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> In that case, a child lost a third of his glans, and the plaintiffs were awarded 2.3 million dollars.<refname="tagami2011"/>{{REFnews |last=Tagami |first=Ty |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/atlanta-lawyer-wins-11-573890.html |title=Atlanta lawyer wins $11 million lawsuit for family in botched circumcision |publisher=The Atlanta JournalLack of third-Constitution |quote=The jury found that both the pediatrician and the physician who performed the circumcision were negligent, and awarded $2.3 million to the plaintiffs. |dateparty payment =2010-07-19 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref>
[[Third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is not available in [[Canada]], so anyone seeking a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] must pay out of pocket.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Canada]]
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