Neonatal and infant circumcision: Safe in the right hands

Monday, February 15, 2010 - 19:28 in Health & Medicine

How safe is circumcision? A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Urology has found that neonatal and infant circumcision by trained staff rarely results in problems. Risks can be higher among older boys, especially when undertaken by untrained providers with inappropriate equipment.

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