[Male circumcision: a banality?].

It is estimated that circumcision concerns approximately 30% of the world male population. Most operations are done for religious or traditional reasons. In clinics, the operation is not without any risk, it has advantage as well as disadvantage. 0.6 to 2% of patients will present complications. However, the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease or a Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection is found considerably reduced by circumcised men. Female partners are less risky to develop HIV, Human Papilloma Virus or Chlamydia infection. Circumcision reduced the incidence of penile carcinoma. These data raise the question of the indication of prophylactic circumcision.