The acceptability and safety of the Shang Ring for adult male circumcision in Rakai, Uganda

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 617-621

  Kigozi, Godfrey ^a   Musoke, Richard ^a   Watya, Stephen ^a,b   Kighoma, Nehemiah ^a   Ssebbowa, Paschal ^a   Serwadda, David ^a,c   Nalugoda, Fred ^a   Makumbi, Frederick ^a,c   Li, Philip ^d   Lee, Richard ^d   Goldstein, Marc ^d   Wawer, Maria ^a,e   Sewankambo, Nelson ^a,c   Gray, Ronald H ^a,e  

^a RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Male circumcision; Rakai; Shang ring; Uganda

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHANG RING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UGANDA; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UGANDA; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883454995     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182968dda     Document Type: Article

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