Towards evidence based circumcision of English boys: survey of trends in practice

Too many English boys, especially those under 5 years of age, are still being circumcised because of misdiagnosis of phimosis. What is phimosis? At birth, the foreskin is almost invariably non-retractable, but this state is transient and resolves in nearly all boys as they mature.

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Published in:	BMJ Vol. 321; no. 7264; pp. 792 - 793
Main Authors:	Rickwood, A M K, Kenny, S E, Donnell, S C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 30-09-2000 British Medical Association BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group BMJ
Edition:	International edition
Subjects:	Adolescent Age Distribution Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Children Circumcision, Male - statistics & numerical data Data collection Diagnostic Errors England Evidence-Based Medicine Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Medical sciences Pathology Penis - pathology Phimosis Phimosis - pathology Phimosis - surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland Unnecessary Procedures - statistics & numerical data England United Kingdom Great Britain Europe Human Questionnaire Indication Surgery Public health organization Trend Diagnosis Male genital diseases Child Public health Circumcision
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Summary:	Too many English boys, especially those under 5 years of age, are still being circumcised because of misdiagnosis of phimosis. What is phimosis? At birth, the foreskin is almost invariably non-retractable, but this state is transient and resolves in nearly all boys as they mature.
Bibliography:	ark:/67375/NVC-M4JWZNWZ-9 href:bmj-321-792-1.pdf local:bmj;321/7264/792 ArticleID:bmj.321.7264.792 Correspondence to: A M K Rickwood istex:6EA6FD9FEF5007AC5A26B1DDD18D384F40D16377 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Contributors: AMKR had the original idea for the study and participated in data collection and analysis. SCD helped in study design and data collection. SEK helped in data collection and analysis. The paper was jointly written by AMKR and SEK. AMKR is the guarantor for the study.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.321.7264.792