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Is phimosis overdiagnosed in boys and are too many circumcisions performed in consequence?

Thirty thousand circumcisions are performed annually in England and 70% of these are upon boys under 15 years of age. In the Mersey Region some 950 boys are circumcised each year for medical indications, the commonest being 'phimosis', which accounts for 87% of cases, of whom almost one-ha...

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Main Authors: Rickwood, A. M., Walker, J.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons of England 1989
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2499015/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2802472
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