| Title: |
Rapid, minimally invasive adult voluntary male circumcision: A randomised trial of Unicirc, a novel disposable device |
| Authors: |
Millard, PS; Wilson, HR; Goldstuck, ND; Anaso, C |
| Source: |
South African Medical Journal; Vol 104, No 1 (2014); 52-57 ; 0256-95749 ; 2078-5135 |
| Publisher Information: |
Health and Medical Publishing Group |
| Publication Year: |
2014 |
| Collection: |
AJOL - African Journals Online |
| Description: |
Background. Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a priority HIV preventive intervention. To facilitate VMMC scale-up, the World Health Organization is seeking circumcision techniques that are faster, easier, and safer than open surgical methods.Objective. To compare open surgical circumcision with suturing v. the Unicirc disposable instrument plus tissue adhesive.Methods. We conducted a non-blinded randomised controlled trial at an outpatient primary healthcare clinic in Cape Town, South Africa, with 2:1 allocation ratio of 150 male volunteers who were at least 18 years of age. Our primary outcome was intraoperative time and secondary outcomes were ease of performance, post-operative pain, adverse events, time to healing, patient satisfaction and cosmetic result.Results. The intraoperative time was less with the Unicirc/adhesive technique (median 13 v. 22.6 min, respectively; p |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/samj/article/view/99851/89114; http://www.ajol.info/index.php/samj/article/view/99851 |
| Availability: |
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/samj/article/view/99851 |
| Rights: |
The SAMJ reserves copyright of the material published. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F92C6D8D |
| Database: |
BASE |