A prospective cohort study of safety and patient satisfaction of voluntary medical male circumcision in Botswana.

Randomized trials have shown that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition in men. However, the rate of complications associated with the surgical procedure varies from 0.7% to 37.4% in real-world settings. We assessed the frequency, type and sever...

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Main Authors: Kathleen E Wirth, Bazghina-Werq Semo, Lisa P Spees, Conrad Ntsuape, Scott Barnhart, Jenny H Ledikwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185904