What are the risks of surgical adverse outcomes in newborn boys undergoing circumcision?. Issue 6 (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ericson, Kevin; Neumann, Theodore; Seger, Theodore; Walsh, Patrick
• Is Part Of: Evidence-based practice. Volume 21:Issue 6(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• DOI: 10.1097/01.EBP.0000545163.51650.3a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1095-4120

Abstract

Abstract : EVIDENCE‐BASED ANSWER : The overall rate of complications with newborn circumcision is low, ranging between 0% and 3%, although the rate of complications is as high as 16% in some settings around the world. Serious complications, including partial amputation of the glans and urethral laceration, occur in 0% to 2% of circumcisions (SOR: C, systematic review of case series and single case series). Meatal stenosis can be a late complication and is associated with 2.7% of circumcisions (SOR: C, casecontrol study).