title: ACOG Committee Opinion. Circumcision. Number 260, October 2001.
abstract: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports the current position of the American Academy of Pediatrics that finds the existing evidence insufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision. Given this circumstance, parents should be given accurate and impartial information to help them make an informed decision. There is ample evidence that newborns circumcised without analgesia experience pain and stress. If circumcision is performed, analgesia should be provided.
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009774:Obstetrics; D016134:Organizational Policy