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troutman · 11-24-2010, 04:21 PM

http://www.cps.ca/english/statements/FN/fn96-01.htm

Values: The literature was assessed to determine whether neonatal circumcision improves the health of boys and men and is a cost-effective approach to preventing penile problems and associated urinary tract conditions. Religious and personal values were not included in the assessment.
Benefits, harms and costs: The effect of neonatal circumcision on the incidence of urinary tract infection, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer of the penis, cervical cancer and penile problems the complications of circumcision; and estimates of the costs of neonatal circumcision and of the treatment of later penile conditions, urinary tract infections and complications of circumcision.
Recommendation: Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed.

http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/53/12/2096

It is time for the medical establishment to recognize the compelling evidence favouring newborn circumcision10 and catch up to the public (80% of American males are circumcised).

http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/53/12/2097

Although there is evidence that circumcision will provide certain health benefits, the evidence continues to show that for little boys born in Canada, where antibiotics are readily available, the physical harm outweighs long-term benefit for both HIV and UTI prevention.

The ethical issues in removing healthy tissue from patients who are unable to consent to the procedure forms the basis of another treatise. One can only imagine the outcry if baby girls were submitted to cosmetic surgery in the first few days of life. Do our baby boys deserve less?

This study presents hard data on complications: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/5/1971

Two recent negative cost-benefit reviews:
http://rsh.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/125/6/259
http://mdm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/24/6/584

11-24-2010, 04:21 PM	#231
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	http://www.cps.ca/english/statements/FN/fn96-01.htm Values: The literature was assessed to determine whether neonatal circumcision improves the health of boys and men and is a cost-effective approach to preventing penile problems and associated urinary tract conditions. Religious and personal values were not included in the assessment. Benefits, harms and costs: The effect of neonatal circumcision on the incidence of urinary tract infection, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer of the penis, cervical cancer and penile problems the complications of circumcision; and estimates of the costs of neonatal circumcision and of the treatment of later penile conditions, urinary tract infections and complications of circumcision. Recommendation: Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed. http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/53/12/2096 It is time for the medical establishment to recognize the compelling evidence favouring newborn circumcision10 and catch up to the public (80% of American males are circumcised). http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/53/12/2097 Although there is evidence that circumcision will provide certain health benefits, the evidence continues to show that for little boys born in Canada, where antibiotics are readily available, the physical harm outweighs long-term benefit for both HIV and UTI prevention. The ethical issues in removing healthy tissue from patients who are unable to consent to the procedure forms the basis of another treatise. One can only imagine the outcry if baby girls were submitted to cosmetic surgery in the first few days of life. Do our baby boys deserve less? This study presents hard data on complications: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/5/1971 Two recent negative cost-benefit reviews: http://rsh.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/125/6/259 http://mdm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/24/6/584 Last edited by troutman; 11-24-2010 at 04:24 PM.