Routine Circumcision

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Among operative procedures, "routine circumcision" vies with "T and A" as "most popular." Why is a moot question; the specific medical indications are somewhat shrouded in mystery; the complications and costs are no better exposed. Here the embryo physician perceives obvious paradoxes in attempting to formulate howhewill advise his future patients. Confronted with this disturbing situation, one of us (R. S.) attempted to find out what was being said and done—notnecessarily what should be—in our community. The results may prove of interest to others. Method Two simple surveys were conducted. Questionnaires describing the objective of the survey and requesting specific data and opinion were forwarded to 42 pediatricians, 42 obstetricians, and 42 urologists chosen from the Ohio section of the Directory of Medical Specialists. Of the 126 dispatched, 106 (85%) were completed, returned, and analyzed. Eighty mothers of male children—"private" and "service"—hospitalized at the Columbus

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