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Objective
To conduct the first systematic review critically examining evidence on whether early male circumcision has short‐ and long‐term adverse psychological effects.
Methods
We searched PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar.
Results
Twenty‐four studies with original data met the inclusion criteria. These comprised 11,173 total males, 4340 circumcised in infancy and...