Effect of circumcision on urinary tract infection after successful antireflux surgery

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 627-629

  Kwak, Cheol ^a   Oh, Seung June ^a   Lee, Ahnkie ^a   Choi, Hwang ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Outcome; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME; URETER REIMPLANTATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 4544355980     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05014.x     Document Type: Review

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