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Exploring drivers for safe male circumcision: Experiences with health education and understanding of partial HIV protection among newly circumcised men in Wakiso, Uganda.

PLoS ONE, 2017
IntroductionAbout 2.5 million men have voluntarily been circumcised since Uganda started implementing the WHO recommendation to scale up safe male circumcision to reduce HIV transmission. This study sought to understand what influences men's circumcision
Simon P S Kibira, Marguerite Daniel, Lynn Muhimbuura Atuyambe, Fredrick Edward Makumbi, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between male circumcision and women's biomedical health outcomes: a systematic review

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
Background: Male circumcision reduces men's risk of acquiring HIV and some sexually transmitted infections from heterosexual exposure, and is essential for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jonathan M Grund, MPH, Tyler S Bryant, MHS, Inimfon Jackson, MPH, Kelly Curran, MPH, Naomi Bock, MD, Carlos Toledo, PhD, Joanna Taliano, MLS, Sheng Zhou, MBBS, Jorge Martin del Campo, MD, Ling Yang, ScM, Apollo Kivumbi, MPH, Peizi Li, MD, Sherri Pals, PhD, Dr Stephanie M Davis, MD   +13 more
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Epidermal inclusion cyst as a rare complication of neonatal male circumcision: a case report [PDF]

, 2009
Introduction Ibadan, Nigeria, has a very high rate of complications of male circumcision. In a previous survey, redundant or excessive loss of foreskin, skin bridges and injury to the glans penis were the major types of complications identified ...
Linus Ikechukwu Okeke
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Multifactorial determinants of male genital measurements: Correlations of stretched penile length and anogenital distance with anthropometric parameters

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The stretched penile length is recognized as the most reliable measure of true penile size, this fact is not widely acknowledged, and societal myths often associate penile length with other anthropometric measurements. While markers of prenatal androgen exposure, such as anogenital distance and the second‐to‐fourth digit ratio (2D ...
Coşkun Kaya, Mehmet Erhan Aydın, Aykut Aykaç, Sevda Sungur, Murat Dursun, Ateş Kadıoğlu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Short‐Term Surgical Outcomes: Modified Dorsal Inlay Graft Versus Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty in Pediatric Hypospadias With Narrow Urethral Plates

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Reconstructing the urethra presents in hypospadias surgery is difficult. Occasionally, the urethral plate (UP) may be quite narrow, necessitating augmentation or replacement to achieve additional tubularization. Objective The objective of this research was to assess the application of modified dorsal inlay graft (mDIG) and ...
Yakun Xu, Yanmin Wan, Dianyong Liu, Bin Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interstitial 11q Deletions and Terminal 11q Duplications Cause a Bleeding Tendency due to Platelet Dysfunction That Is Similar to 11q Deletions Causing Jacobsen Syndrome

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Jacobsen syndrome, resulting from a terminal deletion of chromosome 11 (11q), may lead to an increased bleeding tendency due to low platelet counts or platelet dysfunction. Currently, information on bleeding tendency and platelet function in patients with nonterminal 11q‐aberrations such as larger deletions, interstitial 11q ...
Elise J. Huisman, Virgil A. S. H. Dalm, Marieke Joosten, Frans J. Smiers, Leendert Porcelijn, Arjan Hoogendijk, Hans Janssen, Nicole N. van der van der Wel, Idske C. L. Kremer Hovinga, Masja de Haas, Marjon H. Cnossen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rituell omskjæring - religiøse, etiske og medisinske aspekter. [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The ethical challenges concerning female and male circumcision have been the subject of heated debates for decades. This student thesis analyses the similarities and differences between male and female circumcision, focusing on the historical,
Limoseth, Olav
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Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
wiley   +1 more source

Aristocratic identification in Felix’s Life of Guthlac

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Recent scholarship often sees high‐born monastics and clerics in early Christian England as part of the aristocratic class. Modern identity theories, however, suggest that social identity could be dynamic, situational, processual and discursive. In light of this concept, the present article reads Felix’s Life of Guthlac as a text that constructs an ...
Lek Hang Chan
wiley   +1 more source

Seventh Åland Island Meeting on von Willebrand Disease

Haemophilia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The seventh Åland Island Meeting on von Willebrand Disease (VWD) was held on the Åland archipelago in Finland, from 26 to 28 September 2024. Aim The meeting brought together experts in the field of VWD from around the world to share the latest advances and knowledge in VWD.
Riitta Lassila, Ruben Bierings, Nathan T. Connell, Fernando F. Corrales‐Medina, Augusto B. Federici, Veronica H. Flood, Floor Heubel‐Moenen, Jill M. Johnsen, Geoffrey Kuppens, Davide Matino, Carolyn Millar, Ingmar Schoen, Anish Sharda, Robert F. Sidonio Jr, Alok Srivastava, Timea Szanto, Angela C. Weyand, Erik Berntorp   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source