The circumcision is performed with a Mogen clamp ... Objectively assess pain with a pain assessment tool. This will help to identify and quantify pain and aid in evaluating the impact of measures ...

Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes the skin that covers the tip of the penis — the foreskin. In the United States, about 55 to 80 percent of newborn boys are circumcised before they ...

In competent hands the risks of circumcision are almost unheard of. Problem is that circumcision is considered to be a basic entry-level technique. When I was in medical school, I went to the ...

Without overwhelming medical evidence favoring circumcision, Sherman says, it would have seemed to her like deciding to cut off his ear lobes. "From everything we read and everyone we talked to ...

Male circumcision reduces the acquisition of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, reports a new study. These new data complement previous ...

Despite the 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement indicating that routine neonatal circumcision is not medically necessary, circumcision continues to be the most frequently ...