One-arm, open-label, prospective, cohort field study to assess the safety and efficacy of the PrePex device for scale-up of nonsurgical circumcision when performed by nurses in resource-limited settings for HIV prevention

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-322

  Mutabazi, Vincent ^a   Kaplan, Steven A ^b   Rwamasirabo, Emile ^c   Bitega, Jean P ^d   Ngeruka, Muyenzi L ^d   Savio, Dominique ^e   Karema, Corine ^a   Binagwaho, Agnes ^a,f  

^a Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c KING FAISAL HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^d Kanombe Military Hospital   (Rwanda)

^e Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV prevention; Male circumcision; Nonsurgical; Nurses; Safety

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEALING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MICTURITION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NECROSIS; NURSE; OPEN STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PENIS ERECTION; PREPEX DEVICE; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALE UP;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING CARE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RWANDA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880196224     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31828e6412     Document Type: Article

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