Late complications of newborn circumcision: A common and avoidable problem

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 515-518

  Pieretti, Rafael V ^a   Goldstein, Allan M ^a   Pieretti Vanmarcke, Rafael ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Complications; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PENIS DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHIMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INFANT; REOPERATION; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BOSTON; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955486439     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2566-9     Document Type: Article

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