12 June 2009
Botched Circumcisions
THINKING OF MUTILATING YOUR CHILD’S GENITALS JUST BECAUSE YOUR DOCTOR OR HUSBAND OR MOTHER-IN-LAW, OR ANYONE ELSE SAYS YOU SHOULD? THINK AGAIN!
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Circumcision Surgery Accidents, Complications, and Atrocities
There are many horror stories on this site.
Photos of Skin Bridges
Painful, permanent scarring that can occur when foreskin is forcibly retracted.
Family Awarded $2.3 Million
for Botched Circumcision
“… the tip of the penis was placed in a biohazard bag and that doctors might have been able to reattach it if they had acted within eight hours of the procedure.”
Botched Circumcision
At the completion of the circumcision, hospital records indicated there was significant bleeding. Inspection of the penis revealed nearly all of the glans had been amputated at the time of the circumcision.
Lawsuit claims botched circumcision
“…rather than removing only the foreskin, the doctor cut and removed a portion of the baby’s penis, the suit said.”
Complications of circumcision
“Although haemorrhage and sepsis are the main causes of morbidity, the variety of complications is enormous. The literature abounds with reports of morbidity and even death as a result of circumcision.”
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF ROUTINE INFANT CIRCUMCISION
“”The … doctors who still perform circumcision are violating the first rule of good medicine — primum non nocere — first, do no harm.” – Dr. Benjamin Spock
If you google “botched circumcision”, you’ll find more links than you’ll have time to read.
