Circumcision Compressive Dressing (CCD)

Plastibell circumcision supported by a calcium-alginate fibre dressing to reduce bleeding

OBJECTIVE To assess the benefit of a new technique of a Plastibell circumcision supported by a ventral calcium-alginate fibre dressing, to reduce bleeding from the frenular vessels, the commonest complication of Plastibell circumcision. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of 200 neonates circumcised in the Royal Bahrain Hospital over a 2-year period from 2012 to 2014. They had...

Libertarianism and Circumcision

Despite the millenniums-old tradition in Abrahamic circles of removing the foreskin of a penis at birth, the involuntary and aggressive practice of circumcision must not be made an exception to the natural, negative right to self-ownership—a birthright which should prevent a parent from physically harming a child from the moment of birth going forward. This paper will present a natural rights a...

Circumcision.

What to expect at your child’s appointment: Your child will be seen and evaluated in our Pediatric Surgery clinic by one of our pediatric surgeons or the physician assistant. This visit is for consultation only. Your child will not be circumcised on the day of the clinic visit. We will schedule your child for outpatient surgery. You and your child will arrive at the hospital on the morning of s...

Circumcision

Meatal Stricture Following Neonatal Circumcision

Introduction  Circumcision is the most widely practised surgical procedure in the world. One sixth of the male popuiation have a ritual circumcision. The procedure was formerly exclusively per­formed by lay practitioners, jewish rabbis and barbers with physicians playing no role in the performance and it was a purely religious rite up to the late 19th Century.  Abraham apparently first advoca...

Deep Wounds: Colostrum Dressing Versus Conventional Dressing

Deep Wounds: Colostrum Dressing Versus Conventional Dressing Sanjay Chatterjee and 2 Rituraj Assistant Professor, 2 Resident, Department of General Surgery NIMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India *Corresponding Author : Sanjay Chatterjee Abstract Wound dressing plays an important role in wound healing. Newer type of wound dressings includes Biological dressings like collagen granules, ...