PEDIATRICS Vol. 54 No. 3 September 1974, pp. 362-364
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Why Circumcision?

Robert Burger M.D.1 and Thomas H. Guthrie M.D.1

1 Roy and Lillie Cullen Department of Urologic Research Division of Urology Baylor College of Medicine, and Urology Service of Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas

Since the subject of this presentation is a query, let us follow with other questions. Why has controversy developed among educated peoples when discussing a procedure which has been performed for centuries? Why has circumcision become a "hot issue"? One reason, we know, is that health insurance carriers have asked the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Urologic Association and, we are sure, other concerned groups or associations to determine whether or not neonatal circumcisions should be covered. They have proposed an economic question; and we, as concerned physicians, must review the procedure from its inception and offer reasonable recommendations.




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