Society guideline links: Neonatal circumcision

Introduction —

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Conditions of the uncircumcised penis".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Manual for early infant male circumcision under local anaesthesia (2010)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on newborn male circumcision (2015, reaffirmed 2024)

United States

●American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN): Position statement on male infant circumcision pain management (2011, reaffirmed 2021)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement for the prevention and management of procedural pain in the neonate, update (2016, reaffirmed 2020)

●American Urological Association (AUA): Clinical consensus statement on circumcision (reaffirmed 2018)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Information for providers counseling male patients and parents regarding male circumcision and the prevention of HIV infection, STIs, and other health outcomes (2018)

Europe

●European Association of Urology (EAU): Guidelines on paediatric urology (2024)