Complication rates are higher when the procedure is performed on older people.
Neonatal circumcision also decreases the risk of penile cancer. The WHO does not recommend circumcision for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men effectiveness of using circumcision to prevent HIV in the developed world is unclear. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS recommend circumcision as part of a comprehensive HIV transmission program in areas with high endemic rates of HIV. This includes decreasing the incidence of cancer-causing forms of human papillomavirus (HPV) and significantly reducing HIV transmission among heterosexual men within high risk populations. Ĭircumcision is associated with reduced rates of sexually transmitted infections and urinary tract infections. The procedure is contraindicated in cases of certain genital structure abnormalities or poor general health. It is also an option for cases of phimosis, other pathologies that do not resolve with other treatments, and chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs). Circumcision is generally electively performed, most commonly done as a form of preventive healthcare, as a religious obligation, or as a cultural practice. Topical or locally injected anesthesia is generally used to reduce pain and physiologic stress. In the most common form of the operation, the foreskin is extended with forceps, then a circumcision device may be placed, after which the foreskin is excised. Circumcision is a procedure that removes the foreskin from the human penis.
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