Comparison of complications of circumcision by 'plastibell device technique' in male neonates and infants

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 664-667

  Moosa, Foad Ali ^a   Khan, Fazal Wahab ^a   Rao, Masood Hussain ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASTIBELL TECHNIQUE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; PAKISTAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956413080     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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