ReviewSaudi medical journal2016
Non-therapeutic infant male circumcision. Evidence, ethics, and international law perspectives.
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- Use of Varied Screening Risk Criteria and HIV Incidence in Phase 1 and 2 HIV Vaccine Trials in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- Neonatal fatal haemorrhage after a ritual circumcision: forensic and ethical considerations.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Article
- Male circumcision perceptions among HIV vaccine trial participants in Soweto: Qualitative study.Journal of the colleges of medicine of South Africa · 2024Article
- Timing for maximum anaesthetic effect of topical cream during early infant circumcision (EIC) in Rakai, Uganda.BJUI compass · 2023Article
- Neonatal Infant Pain Scale in assessing pain and pain relief for newborn male circumcision.International journal of impotence research · 2023Review
- Male Genital Mutilation in the Name of Ritual Circumcision: A Case Report and Literature Review.Case reports in urology · 2023Article
- A comprehensive comparison of the early and late complications of surgical circumcision in neonates and children: A cohort study.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Where to draw the line? Understanding preferences in mucosal collar length after circumcision: A crowdsourced survey from the U.S. general population.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2022Article
- Cancer in adolescents and young adults living with HIV.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2018Review
- Non-therapeutic infant male circumcision. evidence, ethics and international law perspective.Saudi medical journal · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo review the evidence of the benefits and harms of infant male circumcision, and the legal and ethical perspectives of infant male circumcision.
methodsWe conducted a systematic search of the literature using PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane library up to June 2015. We searched the medical law literature using the Westlaw and Lexis Library law literature resources up to June 2015.
resultsMale circumcision significantly reduced the risk of urinary tract infections by 87%. It also significantly reduced transmission of human immunodeficiency virus among circumcised men by 70%. Childhood and adolescent circumcision is associated with a 66% reduction in the risk of penile cancer. Circumcision was associated with 43% reduction of human papilloma virus infection, and 58% reduction in the risk of cervical cancer among women with circumcised partners compared with women with uncircumcised partners. Male infant circumcision reduced the risk of foreskin inflammation by 68%.
conclusionInfant male circumcision should continue to be allowed all over the world, as long as it is approved by both parents, and performed in facilities that can provide appropriate sterilization, wound care, and anesthesia. Under these conditions, the benefits of infant male circumcision outweigh the rare and generally minor potential harms of the procedure.
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