Complications of circumcision in male children: report of sixty-one cases

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to revise the complications of circumcision and measures of their prevention. Pediatric Surgery Unit, SMC. Prospective study. Sixty-one consecutive cases of circumcision with complications were reviewed prospectively during 18 months, from June 1997 to December 2008. The mean age at presentation was 20 months [range one week to eleven years]. The most common observed complications were redundant foreskin in 28 [46%], followed by minor bleeding in 17 [28%]. Five serious complications had been seen after clamp technique for circumcision [3 glanular trauma and 2 webbed penises]. Eleven minor complications were seen, nine occurred in pediatric surgery unit out of total of 600 circumcisions performed during the study period, 1.5%. Circumcision may be associated with serious complications especially with clamp technique. To prevent these complications, trained physicians should perform this procedure