PEDIATRICS Vol. 80 No. 2 August 1987, pp. 304-305
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Circumcision

THOMAS E. WISWELL MD1

1 Brooke Army Medical Center, Box 64, Ft Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200

In Reply.—

Thompson and Thompson conjecture that our previous findings of an increased risk for urinary tract infections may be explained by incomplete and/or biased end point determination over time.1,2 We disagree with their speculations.

First, the Thompsons refer to the apparent decline in the percentage of "hospitalized urinary tract infections" in circumcised boys (from 0.16% to 0.07%) as an indication of incomplete or differential end point determination over time. They are incorrect in this assumption.