Treating complications of circumcision

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-68

  Baskin, Laurence S ^a,c   Canning, Douglas A ^b   Snyder, Howard M ^b   Duckett, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; complications; foreskin; penis reconstruction; prepuce

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; CYST; HEMOSTASIS; NECROSIS; PENIS INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0029863862     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199602000-00018     Document Type: Review

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