One risk of circumcision is that the procedure may cause bleeding heavy enough to require medical care. The quality of the evidence about the risks of circumcision is borderline. Of 100 baby boys who are not circumcised, 3 to 4 may have tightening of the foreskin within the first 15 months of life.Of 100 baby boys who are circumcised, none of them will have this problem, because the foreskin has been removed.(This can be corrected easily in most cases.) This means that the other 98 may not.Ĭircumcision also may reduce the risk of phimosis, which happens when the foreskin becomes too tight to be pulled back and causes swelling or other problems. Of 100 baby boys who are not circumcised, 2 may have a UTI.Of 100 circumcised baby boys, none of them may have a UTI.Circumcision may reduce their risk of having a urinary tract infection (UTI) within the first 15 months of life. The quality of the evidence about the benefits of circumcision is not strong. *Based on the best available evidence for these outcomes (evidence quality: borderline to inconclusive for infection and phimosis, borderline for heavy bleeding) Benefits Tightening of the foreskin (phimosis) within first 15 months Urinary tract infection within first 15 months Examples of outcomes with and without circumcision* Problems that can occur
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