Medical aspects of male circumcision

CLINICAL REVIEW Medical aspects of male circumcision

http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7631/1206 Updated information and services can be found at: These include: Data supplement http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7631/1206/DC1 "Extra figures (paraphimosis and minor hypospadias)" References http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7631/1206#BIBL This article cites 30 articles, 7 of which can be accessed free at: Rapid responses http://bmj.com/cgi/el...

Voluntary male medical circumcision.

Frequently Asked Questions about Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) What Is Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision?

Men may be exposed to HIV when they have sex with someone who is infected. Specifically, men who have vaginal intercourse with HIV-infected women are exposed to HIV through the skin of their penis. Uncircumcised men who are exposed to HIV are more likely to become infected due to characteristics of the foreskin tissue. Removing the foreskin through VMMC reduces the likelihood of HIV infection. ...

The medical benefits of male circumcision.

WITH 2 NEW STATES RECENTLY JOINING 16 OTHers in eliminating Medicaid insurance for male circumcision, possible ballot initiatives to ban male circumcision, and the long-awaited American Academy of Pediatrics male circumcision policy statement, there is a need to evaluate the medical risks and benefits of male circumcision, particularly in light of recent medical evidence. Three randomized trial...

The Demand for Medical Male Circumcision

This paper presents results from analysis of 64 in-depth interviews with urban men embedded in an experimental quantitative study of demand for medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in Malawi. Despite having expressed genuine interest in circumcision, few study participants (three percent) opted to actually undergo the surgery. The qualitative interviews shed light on the gap between fav...