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Whether circumcision impairs or improves male sexual function or pleasure is controversial.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The study aims to conduct a systematic review of the scientific literature.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A systematic review of published articles retrieved using keyword searches of the PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases was performed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The main outcome measure is the assessment of findings in publications reporting original data relevant to the search terms and rating of quality of each study based on established criteria.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Searches identified 2,675 publications describing the effects of male circumcision on aspects of male sexual function, sensitivity, sensation, or satisfaction. Of these, 36 met our inclusion criteria of containing original data. Those studies reported a total of 40,473 men, including 19,542 uncircumcised and 20,931 circumcised. Rated by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network grading system, 2 were 1++ (high quality randomized controlled trials) and 34 were case-control or cohort studies (11 high quality: 2++; 10 well-conducted: 2+; 13 low quality: 2\u2212). The 1++, 2++, and 2+ studies uniformly found that circumcision had no overall adverse effect on penile sensitivity, sexual arousal, sexual sensation, erectile function, premature ejaculation, ejaculatory latency, orgasm difficulties, sexual satisfaction, pleasure, or pain during penetration. Support for these conclusions was provided by a meta-analysis. Impairment in one or more parameters was reported in 10 of the 13 studies rated as 2\u2212. These lower-quality studies contained flaws in study design (11), selection of cases and\/or controls (5), statistical analysis (4), and\/or data interpretation (6); five had multiple problems.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The highest-quality studies suggest that medical male circumcision has no adverse effect on sexual function, sensitivity, sexual sensation, or satisfaction.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jsm.12293","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,12]],"date-time":"2013-08-12T21:16:04Z","timestamp":1376342164000},"page":"2644-2657","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":104,"title":["Does Male Circumcision Affect Sexual Function, Sensitivity, or Satisfaction?\u2014A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Brian J.","family":"Morris","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medical Sciences \u00a0 , Sydney, New South Wales , Australia"},{"name":"University of Sydney \u00a0 , Sydney, New South Wales , Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John N.","family":"Krieger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology \u00a0 , Seattle, WA , USA"},{"name":"University of Washington School of Medicine \u00a0 , Seattle, WA , USA"},{"name":"Section of Urology, 112 GU \u00a0 , Seattle, WA , USA"},{"name":"VA Puget Sound Health Care System \u00a0 , Seattle, WA , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,11,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024032601000655400_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"243","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-4471-2858-8_21","article-title":"Why circumcision: From pre-history to the twenty-first century","volume-title":"Surgical guide to circumcision","author":"Cox","year":"2012"},{"key":"2024032601000655400_bib2","first-page":"e756","article-title":"Male circumcision. 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