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A new study found [[circumcision ]] so traumatic that doctors ended the study early rather than subject any more babies to the operation without anesthesia.
The researchers discovered that for those circumcised without anesthesia there was not only severe pain, but also an increased risk of choking and difficulty breathing.
"To say that the baby doesn't remember it is not an adequate excuse to me," he said. "Babies experience other painful procedures and we worry about that, and we do give them anesthetics for those procedures."
But the Edmonton researchers, whose study was published in this week's ''Journal of the American Medical Association'', studied the heart rates and crying patterns of babies during different stages of circumcision. Some babies were given an anesthetic and others were not.<ref name="lander1997">{{REFjournal
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* More here: http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/
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