Rarely seen complications of circumcision, and their management

Abstract

Circumcisions performed by untrained individuals are to be blamed for the complications of circumcision reported in this country. The rate of complications increases during the "circumcision feasts" where multiple circumcisions were performed. This also predisposes to transmission of various diseases, primarily hepatitis B/C and AIDS. Circumcision is a surgical procedure that should be performed by specialists under appropriate sterile circumstances in which the rate of complications would be decreased. The child may be exposed to recurrent psychosocial and surgical trauma when it is performed by incompetent individuals.