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I'm Dr Rashmi a pediatric surgeon at as RV Hospital JP Nagar Bangalore today I want to talk to you about circumcision what is circumcision it is the surgical removal of forkin from the penis while you know that this is usually done as a ritual practice in several communities like Muslims and Jews it also has many surgical indications what are these indications if you have noticed that your child is having difficulty in passing Urine in the form of straining or holding the penis when he's passing urine or there's very frequent urination foul smelling urine dribbling of urine or the pruse becomes ballooned up during the process of urination in any of these situations please consult pediatric surgeon they will tell you if there is any underlying pathology behind it some boys tend to have congenital anomalies which have not been picked up during their Antinal scans or which are still in the Progressive phase in these conditions undergoing a prophylactic circumcision them a lot during their uh long-term life firstly it reduces the infections by more than 80% as per certain research articles it reduces future transmission of sexually transmitted diseases and if done very early like in within the first month of birth it can reduce the chances of penal cancer by almost up to 0% so definitely there are many many benefits of undergoing a circumcision but we do not recommend this as a prophylactic surgery for all children if you do notice that your child has any of these symptoms that I have mentioned consult a pediatric surgeon we at Aster RV perform circumcisions very regularly we even have laser circumcision and here we conduct most of the surgeries under general anesthesia because while it may not be painful with local anesthesia children tend to be apprehensive when they are surrounded by so many doctors the surgeons the anesthetist the paramedical team the nursing staff they tend to be apprehensive so it's always beneficial to do the surgery under general anesthesia the children don't feel any pain they come out with good dreams so it's a very straightforward daycare procedure you come in the morning undergo surgery and get discharged by evening for any further queries do consult us at Aster RV Hospital JP Nagar Bangalore from Antinal counseling to surgical management of a newborn from congenital anomalies to acute emergencies from trauma to tumor for any help that you need we are here
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