Pediatrics

Circumcisions in Doctors' Offices As Safe As Those in Hospitals

Published in Sex Weekly Plus, May 10th, 1999

New research shows that boys circumcised in a doctor's office fare just as well after the procedure as those who were circumcised in a hospital operating room.

Researchers compared the medical and economic outcomes of 532 circumcisions performed either in a doctor's office or an operating room. Only four patients in each group experienced complications. The cost savings in having the circumcisions done in the doctor's office were estimated at $1,609 per procedure, for an overall savings of $184,713 annually in this group of patients.

"There are tremendous savings by doing circumcisions under local anesthesia and avoiding a trip to the operating...

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