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There are several techniques for performing circumcision; the choice of which technique is used depends upon the physician's preference and experience. The three major methods of circumcision are the GOMCO clamp, the Plastibell device, and the Mogen clamp. The procedure takes about 15 minutes.
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The waiting list at UTH is three to four weeks, but at hospitals without a specialised clinic, where circumcision is viewed as elective, low-priority surgery, the wait is closer to three months. For those unwilling to wait, private clinics charge up to 500 000 kwacha ($123).
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The ritual of circumcision results in exposure of the glans penis to permanent public view, set off by an irreversible, and highlighting, frame of scar tissue. This is a mark of more than just a biological transformation; biologically it is, in fact, irrelevant. Rather circumcision is a powerful, multimessage, therefore symbolic, and only symbolic, statement of social and cultural transformation.
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"In America, it's still an ongoing controversy about whether circumcision is really necessary," says Jack Sherman, M.D., associate chairman of pediatrics at Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y. "In 1971 and 1975, the AAP said it wasn't necessary. Later, they amended their policy statement."
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The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Circumcision of Christ on 1 January,[12] while Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar celebrate it on 14 January. The Russian Orthodox Church considers it a "Great Feast".[13] In the Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches it has been replaced by other commemorations.[14]
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There are two sides to every issue and circumcision is no different. You wouldn't know it from trawling the Internet though. There is a lamentable lack of balance on the subject of circumcision.
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