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[quote=Anonymous]URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
According to the literature reviewed,
?1% of boys will develop a UTI within
the first years of life.2 There are no
randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
linking UTIs to circumcision status.
The evidence for clinically significant
protection is weak, and with easy
access to health care, deaths or longterm
negative medical consequences
of UTIs are rare. UTI incidence does
not seem to be lower in the United
States, with high circumcision rates
compared with Europe with low circumcision
rates, and the AAP report
suggests it will take ?100 circumcisions
to prevent 1 case of UTI. Using
reasonable European estimates cited
in the AAP report for the frequency of
surgical and postoperative complications
(?2%), for every 100 circumcisions,
1 case of UTI may be
prevented at the cost of 2 cases of
hemorrhage, infection, or, in rare
instances, more severe outcomes or
even death.
Circumcision fails to meet the criteria
to serve as a preventive measure for
UTI, even though this is the only 1 of
the AAP report’s 4 most favored arguments
that has any relevance before
the boy gets old enough to decide for
himself.[/quote]

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