Parental circumcision preferences and early outcome of plastibell circumcision in a Nigerian tertiary hospital
| Autor: | Okechukwu Hyginus Ekwunife, Jideofor Okechukwu Ugwu, Chinedu C Okoli, Victor Ifeanyichukwu Modekwe, Andrew N Osuigwe |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 251-256 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0189-6725 0974-5998 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0189-6725.172565 |
| Popis: | Background: Parents are central in decisions and choices concerning circumcision of their male children and plastibell circumcision is a widely practiced technique. This study determined parental preferences for male neonatal and infant circumcisions and evaluate the early outcomes of plastibell circumcisions in a tertiary centre. Patients and Methods: This is a prospective study on consecutive male neonates and infants who were brought for circumcisions at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, South-East Nigeria and their respective parents between January 2012 and December 2012. Data on demography, parental choices and early outcome of plastibell circumcision were obtained and analysed. Results: A total of 337 requests for circumcisions were made for boys with age range of 2-140 days. Culture and religion were the most common reasons for circumcision requests in 200 (59.3%) and 122 (36.2%), respectively, other reasons were medical, cosmesis, to reduce promiscuity and just to follow the norm. Most parents, 249 (73.9%) preferred the procedure to be performed on the 8 th day and 88.7% would like the doctors to perform the procedure while 84.6% preferred the plastibell method. Among those who had circumcision, 114 complied with follow-up schedules and there were complications in 22 (19.3%) patients. Parents assessed the early outcome as excellent, very good, good and poor in 30.7%, 45.6%, 18.4% and 5.3% of the patients, respectively. Conclusion: Parents request for male circumcision in our environment is largely for cultural and religious reasons; and prefer the procedure to be performed by a physician. Plastibell method is well known and preferred and its outcome is acceptable by most parents. |
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