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No. 40
from Marie_LPN, RN
Old Feb 20, 2005, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by fergus51
I think she means typo because you typed "organism" instead of "orgasm".

Jwk, no I don't work in surgery. Does anyone know how common this is? I know a fair number of men in my life and I don't know any of them being circed as adults. Even my friends who I talked to working in LTC and med-surg haven't seen it.
Where i work, we average 4-5 adult circs a week.
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No. 41
from fergus51
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:03 PM
Updated Feb 20, 2005 at 05:06 PM by fergus51

That really shocks me Marie. According to what I've read, Canada only has about a 35% circ rate, the US is around 65%. (I'm originally from Canada). Yet, it's the American nurses who see all these adult patients coming in for circs. It just doesn't make sense to me.

I do remember a man I looked after as a student who needed to use a topical steroid cream like Ayndim mentioned for phimosis, but from what I understand they are very effective. I wonder if this is sort of like hysterectomies for women (I sort of wonder if they are done a lot more than necessary by some docs).
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No. 42
from Marie_LPN, RN
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:14 PM

I haven't scrubbed in on many of them, but, i could tell myself that the guy needed it, at least on the ones that i've seen.
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No. 43
from vermonthiker
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:15 PM

I wonder if this is sort of like hysterectomies for women (I sort of wonder if they are done a lot more than necessary by some docs).[/quote]


Yup, I wonder too, along with c-secs, episiotomies, etc etc etc
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No. 44
from DidiRN
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:36 PM

I don't work in OR, but when I was in the surgical ICU I used to read the OR schedule everyday, and I was surprised at how many circs were done on adult men. The vast majority were over 50 yrs old too.


Originally Posted by Marie_LPN
Where i work, we average 4-5 adult circs a week.
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No. 45
from fergus51
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:46 PM

I wonder how those men were treated BEFORE they were scheduled for circs. Adult men being circed is really a foreign idea to me.
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No. 46
from camay1221_RN
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:55 PM

A few years ago where I used to work PP, there was an impatient OB, who decided she would circ a newborn with a hydrocele within the first 12 hours of life. She ended up nicking the scrotum, urologist had to be called. When confronted by the urologist, the OB wouldn't listen to a word he said, turned around and walked away.

What a @#%*!!!
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No. 47
from jwk
Old Feb 20, 2005, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by fergus51
I wonder how those men were treated BEFORE they were scheduled for circs. Adult men being circed is really a foreign idea to me.
Right - it's a foreign idea, meaning you haven't heard of it and have little knowledge of it, yet you automatically assume it's worthless. What would us men do without you women telling us what to do with our manhood?
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No. 48
from Marie_LPN, RN
Old Feb 20, 2005, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by jwk
Right - it's a foreign idea, meaning you haven't heard of it and have little knowledge of it, yet you automatically assume it's worthless. What would us men do without you women telling us what to do with our manhood?

That's a little harsh.
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No. 49
from palesarah
Old Feb 20, 2005, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by fergus51
I think she means typo because you typed "organism" instead of "orgasm".
lol Fergus, yeah, definitely a typo! Musta been sleepy when I typed that one
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