Directory Sites
Informed Consent for Medically Necessary Circumcision
Article including information about the procedure, risks, outcomes and documentation for consent.
www.informedconsent.org
Provides information to assist in the decision of whether to circumcise your baby.
askdrsears.com
Infants Feel and Remember Circumcision Pain
Offers a brief article detailing a study about infants and pain relating to circumcision.
www.pslgroup.com
FDA: Potential for Injury from Circumcision Clamps
U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning about circumcision clamps.
www.fda.gov
FDA: EMLA Cream and Circumcision
FDA warning about the use of this local anaesthetic cream for circumcision surgery.
www.fda.gov
A collection of articles about this procedure.
www.healthcentral.com
Royal College of Surgeons of England: Statement on Male Circumcision
Includes natural history, indications, and criteria.
www.baps.org.uk
American Medical Association: Report 10 (Neonatal Circumcision)
AMA policy statement on circumcision, December 1999.
www.ama-assn.org
eMedicine Health: Circumcision
Provides information on the methods and health implications of surgical removal of the penis' foreskin.
www.emedicinehealth.com
Lysozyme, the Foreskin and HIV Protection
A summary of the evidence that the foreskin and the sub-preputial wetness under the foreskin (prepuce) may protect against human immunodeficiency virus. By George Hill.
www.foreskin.org
AAP Circumcision Policy Statement
Features American Academy of Pediatrics full text policy about circumcision.
www.aap.org
BBC News: Routine Circumcision Ruled Out
There is no evidence to justify routine circumcison of babies, a group of US paediatricians report in a detailed study.
news.bbc.co.uk