Evaluation of the safety and efficiency of the dorsal slit and sleeve methods of male circumcision provided by physicians and clinical officers in Rakai, Uganda

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-108

  Buwembo, Dennis Rogers ^a   Musoke, Richard ^a   Kigozi, Godfrey ^a   Ssempijja, Victor ^a   Serwadda, David ^b   Makumbi, Fredrick ^b   Watya, Stephen ^c,d   Namuguzi, Dan ^a   Nalugoda, Fredrick ^b   Kiwanuka, Noah ^d   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^d   Wabwire Mangen, Fredrick ^b   Kiggundu, Valerian ^a   Wawer, Maria J ^e   Gray, Ronald H ^e  

^a RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^d Department of Epidemiology and Molecular Microbiology Immunology   (Uganda)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adult male circumcision; adverse events; circumcision programmes; HIV; task shifting; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL SLIT CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SLEEVE MALE CIRCUMCISION; UGANDA; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555173577     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10259.x     Document Type: Article

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