Circumcision

Circumcision

Male circumcision is an operation in which the glance penis foreskin is taken off.

A circumcision can be performed for non-medical reasons, such as parental preference, religious reasons or to potentially prevent disease at some future time.

Circumcision is a safe & straight forward procedure performed in our procedure room.

Recent research suggests that circumcision may bring medical benefits such as:

• a 10 times lower risk of a baby getting a urinary tract infection (UTI) in his first year of life (remembering that only one per cent of babies are at risk of a UTI, so 1,000 circumcisions are needed to prevent one UTI)
• no risk of infants and children getting infections under the foreskin
• easier genital hygiene
• much lower risk of getting cancer of the penis (although this is a very rare condition and good genital hygiene also seems to reduce the risk. More than 10,000 circumcisions are needed to prevent one case of penile cancer)
• a possibly lower risk of men getting sexually transmissible infections (STIs) than men who are not circumcised (although these studies have not been scientifically confirmed and safe sex practices are far more effective in preventing these infections).

The plastibell procedure involves numbing the area with local anaesthetic creams or injection. A bell-shaped instrument is inserted under the foreskin to separate it from the penis. The foreskin is then removed using scissors or a scalpel.

Dr Anil performs circumcisions at Clyde North Medical Centre in our state of the art treatment & procedure room.

Dr Anil performs this procedure from children aged 2 weeks – 13 years of age.

Book an appointment with Dr Anil today for a confidential discussion to obtain more information about this procedure.