In general, procedures with pain generated from superficial tissue planes respond well to topical anesthetics, whereas those that are more invasive and involve deeper tissue planes may have less ...

A Queens toddler died last week after a routine circumcision — a tragedy his family thinks was the result of the wrong anesthetic. Hospital officials say it "could take weeks" to get results of an ...

Circumcision is the most common surgical procedure performed during the neonatal period in the United States. [9,10,11] Pain associated with the procedure has been well documented. [12,13] The ...

Circumcision involves the surgical removal of the prepuce, or foreskin, that covers the glans, or tip, of the penis. A physician, often the attending OB/GYN, performs the simple surgery the first or ...

Anesthetics are effective in reducing the pain of circumcision in newborns, judging from the baby's heart rate and time spent crying after the procedure, a new analysis finds. A systematic review of 1 ...

Health Ministry officials in Sweden have launched a review into the actions of a rabbi and physician for circumcising Jewish infants without anesthesia. Separately, the parliament in neighboring ...