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Circuncisión - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Remoción del prepucio; Extirpación del prepucio

Riesgos:

Riesgos relacionados con la circuncisión:

  • Sangrado
  • Infección
  • Enrojecimiento alrededor del sitio de la cirugía
  • Lesión en el pene

Alguna investigación ha sugerido que los bebés varones incircuncisos tienen un mayor riesgo de padecer ciertas afecciones, como:

  • Cáncer de pene
  • Ciertas enfermedades de transmisión sexual, incluyendo VIH
  • Infecciones del pene
  • Fimosis (estrechez del prepucio que impide su retracción)
  • Infecciones urinarias

Se piensa que el aumento del riesgo en general para estas afecciones es relativamente pequeño.

La higiene apropiada del pene y las prácticas sexuales seguras pueden ayudar a prevenir muchas de estas afecciones. La higiene apropiada siempre es importante, pero se cree que es especialmente importante para los varones incircuncisos.

  • Reviewed last on: 7/26/2010
  • Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Circumcision policy statement. American Academy of Pediatrics. Task Force on Circumcision. Pediatrics. 1999 Mar;103(3):686-93.

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