Williams N, Kapila L
Department of Surgery, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK.
Br J Surg. 1993 Oct;80(10):1231-6. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800801005.
Circumcision remains a common operation, with over 30,000 procedures performed annually in the UK, mostly on children. The British Medical Association has recommended that circumcision should be performed only for medical reasons. Despite this, controversy exists over whether too many circumcisions are being performed. Are patients being exposed to an unnecessary operation? It may be argued that in doubtful cases it is easier to proceed to circumcision on the assumption that the attendant risks are low, but the operation is associated with a definite morbidity and rare deaths have been reported. This review considers the spectrum of complications that may result from circumcision and discusses the possible aetiological mechanisms.
包皮环切术仍是一种常见手术，在英国每年有超过30000例手术，大多数是针对儿童。英国医学协会建议，包皮环切术应仅出于医疗原因进行。尽管如此，对于是否进行了过多的包皮环切术仍存在争议。患者是否正在接受不必要的手术？可能有人认为，在可疑病例中，基于伴随风险较低的假设进行包皮环切术更容易，但该手术会带来一定的发病率，并且已有罕见死亡病例的报道。本综述考虑了包皮环切术可能导致的一系列并发症，并讨论了可能的病因机制。
