Sutureless circumcision - An Indian experience

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-478

  Tiwari, Punit ^a   Tiwari, Astha ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Patil, Rajkumar ^b   Goel, Amit ^a   Sharma, Pramod ^a   Kundu, Anup K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Community Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Cyanoacrylate; sutureless circumcision; tissue glue

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; CYANOACRYLATE; SUTURE MATERIAL; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 84862921477     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.91435     Document Type: Article

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