Meatal Stenosis occurs very commonly in infant circumcision, much more commonly than the accepted rate of complications as a whole according to the @AmerAcadPeds. I object to including anaesthetic risks in any calculation, as if given the same, sufficient anaesthetic, the >>
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2>infant risk is far greater. This is a part of the reason why such anaesthetics are not used for infants, the possibility that it's fatal. That risk is already measured and in favour of the adult, not the infant.
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Also, as far as stenosis, I have never seen the rates for adult circumcision, but I have seen estimates of the rates for infant circumcision that go anywhere from 1 in 10 to 1 in 5 having some level of meatal stenosis, I doubt the adult level is as high, partly due to the fully>>
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2> developed state of the penis at that point. Skin bridges and other adhesion are also risks that are pretty exclusive to infant circumcision, caused if I am not mistaken by the broken synechia, the glans and foreskin remnants try to reattach.
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