Childhood circumcision: a planned approach.
We prospectively reviewed 3824 boys circumcised during two circumcision festivities. The boys were circumcised in their respective houses under aseptic conditions by teams of nurses, midwives and surgical aids locally trained for that purpose. Complications were seen in 2.3% of the boys, the commonest being infection that was easily controlled by local wound care.
Ahmed
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Department of Surgery, Centre Hopitalier Regional de Hombo, Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Comoros Islands. mrahmed1010@yahoo.com
D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D019156:Indian Ocean; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology