OBJECTIVES To investigate the possible association between circumcision and prostate cancer risk, to examine whether age at circumcision influences prostate cancer risk, and to determine whether race modifies the circumcision-prostate cancer relationship. SUBJECTS AND METHODS PROtEuS (Prostate Cancer and Environment Study), a population-based case-control study set amongst the mainly French-s...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Male circumcision has become an important component of HIV prevention strategies in Africa. Results of recent trials have renewed interest in this ancient procedure and its potential application in the reduction of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). With renewed interest comes controversy, which has always been a close companion to circumcision. RECENT FINDINGS Followin...

Purpose: Fournier’s gangrene is a rapidly progressing necrotizing fasciitis. It true urological emergency. relatively rare condition. The aim was to highlight the presentation and management of following circumcision.
 Methodology: This retrospective study. Eight patients who presented with features post circumcision between January 2012 December 2021 University Port Harcourt Teaching Hosp...

Swaziland has the highest prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the world at 26% of the adult population. Medical male circumcision (MMC) has been shown to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV from heterosexual sex by up to 60% and the Government of Swaziland has been promoting adult male circumcision. Infant circumcision commenced in 2013 so it is important to understand the knowledg...

BACKGROUND Zimbabwe adopted voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an additional HIV prevention strategy in 2009. A number of studies have been conducted to understand the determinants of VMMC uptake but few studies have examined the characteristics of men who are willing to get circumcised or the link between wanting circumcision and risky sexual behaviour. This study investigated the r...

The problem of anxiety in children before circumcision is still found, this has an impact on the psychological problems undergoing circumcision, so role family accompanying it needed. One roles that thought to be related children's support system. purpose study was determine relationship between system and child's level circumcision. This type research used descriptive correlation with cross se...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Male circumcision (circumcision) reduces HIV incidence in men by 50-60%. The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommends the provision of safe circumcision services in countries with high HIV and low circumcision prevalence, prioritizing 12-30 years old HIV-uninfected men. We explore how the population-level impact of circumcision varies by target age...

BACKGROUND Male circumcision confers protection against HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and urinary tract infections. Compared with circumcision of postneonates (>28 days), circumcision of neonates is associated with fewer complications and usually performed with local rather than general anesthesia. We assessed circumcision of commercially insured males during the neonatal or postneonata...

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2009: 35(1) Introduction The relationship between male circumcision and genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer has been greatly clarified in recent years. Along with the strong evidence from both observational studies and three randomised clinical trials (RCTs) consistently showing that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infe...