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SUBMITTER: El Bcheraoui C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4578797 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
El Bcheraoui Charbel C Zhang Xinjian X Cooper Christopher S CS Rose Charles E CE Kilmarx Peter H PH Chen Robert T RT
JAMA pediatrics 20140701 7
<h4>Importance</h4>Approximately 1.4 million male circumcisions (MCs) are performed annually in US medical settings. However, population-based estimates of MC-associated adverse events (AEs) are lacking.<h4>Objectives</h4>To estimate the incidence rate of MC-associated AEs and to assess whether AE rates differed by age at circumcision.<h4>Design</h4>We selected 41 possible MC AEs based on a literature review and on medical billing codes. We estimated a likely risk window for the incidence calcul ...[more]