Circumcision: probably one of the most controversial topics in newborn infant males.

I have recently had many patients come forth with their infant sons requesting circumcision because of the American Association of Paediatrics new ruling. In short they are recommending circumcision , whereas in the past they had advocated that there were no health risk benefits, are now stating that there in fact are . Here are a few links to the article:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/27/health/aap-circumcision-recommendation/index.html

http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/Newborn-Male-Circumcision.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token