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Male Circumcision [PDF]

open access: yesPediatrics, 2012
Male circumcision consists of the surgical removal of some, or all, of the foreskin (or prepuce) from the penis. It is one of the most common procedures in the world. In the United States, the procedure is commonly performed during the newborn period.

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Newborn Male Circumcision

Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 2023
Abstract: This symposium includes twelve personal narratives from parents about making the decision whether to circumcise their infant male children. The authors of the narratives include five fathers and seven mothers. Nine of the 12 parent authors opted to circumcise their infant sons, though the reasons they stated for doing so varied.
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In Defence of Male Circumcision

Monash Bioethics Review, 2013
Controversies over the acceptability of male circumcision (MC) are not new to the international bioethical community. I do not expect to add much to the arguments or evidence presented elsewhere, but I want to acknowledge the often-overlooked political element in which the debate is entrenched.
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Male circumcision

AIDS, 1994
Speculation has existed for decades on the association between the lack of male circumcision and the sexual transmission of disease. It has been suggested that the surface epithelium of the glans develops a protective keratin layer following circumcision which functions like a natural condom against contracting disease.
I, de Vincenzi, T, Mertens
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'Ode to the Circumcised Male'

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1987
Sir .—Before the mid-1970s, the American standard of care included neonatal circumcision, a minor surgical procedure that promoted genital hygiene and prevented later penile cancer as well as cervical cancer in female sexual partners. More recently, evidence has suggested that adequate hygiene is all that is needed and that circumcision is an ...
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Safe male circumcision

2012
The Journal of Global Health at Columbia University, Vol. 2 No.
Asiimwe, Edgar   +4 more
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Male Circumcision

2018
Sünnet, prepisyumun penis başı açıktakalacak şekilde kesilerek çıkarılması işlemidir. Bunun yanı sıra dünyanın eneski cerrahi prosedürüdür. Sünnetli çocukların yaklaşık %70’i müslümandır.Sünnetin medikal endikasyonları fimozis, parafimozis, tekrarlayan idrar yoluenfeksiyonları varlığı ve temiz aralıklı kateterizasyon gereksinimidir ...
KESTEL, Mustafa   +2 more
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The effect of male circumcision on sexuality

BJU International, 2007
OBJECTIVE To prospectively study, using a questionnaire, the sexuality of men circumcised as adults compared to uncircumcised men, and to compare their sex lives before and after circumcision. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study included ...
Dai-Sik Kim, Myung-Geol Pang
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Male circumcision in HIV prevention

The Lancet, 2007
Recent randomised trials of male circumcision in sterile conditions show substantially reduced HIV incidence in circumcised men. However the epidemiological mechanism for this effect remains unclear. Although trial investigators have suggested unsubstantiated physiological factors for the apparent protective effect other mechanisms could account for ...
Seth C, Kalichman   +2 more
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