Prophylactic circumcision: the case in evidence

Authors

  • Danilo de Assis Pereira Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
  • Tamires Robles Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
  • Izilda das Eiras Tâmega Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
  • Willy Marcus Gomes França PUC-SP

Keywords:

male circumcision, foreskin, phimosis.

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The systematic practice of circumcision in childhood would be an effective means of HIV, STD's and penile cancer prevention. In this article the authors discuss the main controversies about the value and risk of routine circumcision in children, in the light of the current medical literature

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Author Biographies

Danilo de Assis Pereira, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP

Estudante do 6° ano de medicina da FCMS - PUC-SP

Tamires Robles, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP

Estudante do 4° ano de medicina da FCMS - PUC-SP

Izilda das Eiras Tâmega, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP

Departamento de Medicina

Willy Marcus Gomes França, PUC-SP

Professor do Depto de Cirurgia FCMS/PUC-SP

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2013-12-16

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Pereira D de A, Robles T, Tâmega I das E, França WMG. Prophylactic circumcision: the case in evidence. Rev. Fac. Ciênc. Méd. Sorocaba [Internet]. 2013Dec.16 [cited 2024Jul.18];15(4):90-4. Available from: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/RFCMS/article/view/13773

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Vol. 15 No. 4 (2013)

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