Incidence of meatal stenosis following neonatal circumcision in a primary care setting

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Van Howe, Robert S ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PHIMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; URETHRAL STRICTURE;

EID: 33644843165     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500108     Document Type: Article

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