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Originally Posted by kriket  It really seems like there would be a higher margin of error. what if that little hat is on wrong and the whole penis gets chopped?! Or that little hat isn't clean and you cram it in there and give poor baby a nasty infection!? How can anyone watch this and say "oh, how progressive" it just seems dangerous!
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I argued with the inventor of this device at the obstetricians' convention last month. I just don't get how they responded to reports about elective ADULT circumcision supposedly fighting AIDS by selling an INFANT circumcising device.
But to be straight, it does seem like it will produce results safer and superior to most other amputation methods. It will prevent infections related to re-use of devices (which wasn't so much of an issue for infants), but it won't reduce infections during healing.
It unfortunately cuts in a neat circle with no bias toward leaving ample skin on the frenular side. The clinical instruction video on their web site starts with step one, hurt the baby. It does not start with step one, administer anesthesia.
The kit will have to be very expensive. It includes this expensive throw-away tool plus two steel hemastats also intended for single use. You gotta know they'll just re-use the hemastats and sell the extras on the black market.
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: Maybe they need to go back to the drawing board...
: To me it looks so big and cumbersome. How it could be used accurately on a little tiny baby is beyond me.
