TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of the safety and efficiency of the dorsal slit and sleeve methods of male circumcision provided by physicians and clinical officers in Rakai, Uganda
AU - Buwembo, Dennis Rogers
AU - Musoke, Richard
AU - Kigozi, Godfrey
AU - Ssempijja, Victor
AU - Serwadda, David
AU - Makumbi, Fredrick
AU - Watya, Stephen
AU - Namuguzi, Dan
AU - Nalugoda, Fredrick
AU - Kiwanuka, Noah
AU - Sewankambo, Nelson K.
AU - Wabwire-Mangen, Fredrick
AU - Kiggundu, Valerian
AU - Wawer, Maria J.
AU - Gray, Ronald H.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Objective: • To assess the safety and efficiency of the dorsal slit and sleeve male circumcision (MC) procedures performed by physicians and clinical officers (COs). Patients and Methods: • We evaluated the time required for the MC procedure (efficiency) and moderate/severe adverse events (AEs) for MC (safety) by trained physicians and COs using the sleeve and dorsal slit MC methods in a service programme. • Univariate and multiple regressions with robust variance estimation were used to assess factors associated with operative duration (linear) and AEs (logistic). Results: • Six physicians and eight COs conducted 1934 and 3218 MCs, respectively; there were 2471 dorsal slit and 2681 sleeve MC procedures. The overall mean operative duration was 33 min for newly trained providers, whichdecreased to ≈20 min after ≈100 MCs. • The adjusted mean operative duration for dorsal slit MC was significantly shorter than that for the sleeve MC method (Δ- 2.7 min, P < 0.001). • The operative duration was longer for COs than physicians for the sleeve procedure, but not the dorsal slit procedure; however this difference reduced with increasing numbers of MCs completed. • The unadjusted AE rates were 0.6% for dorsal slit MC and 1.4% for the sleeve method (P= 0.006) and 1.5% for physicians and 0.68% for COs (P= 0.003); however, there were no significant differences after multivariate adjustment. • Use of bipolar cautery significantly reduced operative duration (Δ- 4.0 min, P= 0.008), but was associated with higher AE rates (adjusted odds ratio 2.13, 95% confidence interval 1.26-3.61, P= 0.005). Conclusion • The dorsal slit MC method is faster than sleeve resection, and can be safely performed by non-physicians; however, use of bipolar cautery may be inadvisable in this setting.
AB - Objective: • To assess the safety and efficiency of the dorsal slit and sleeve male circumcision (MC) procedures performed by physicians and clinical officers (COs). Patients and Methods: • We evaluated the time required for the MC procedure (efficiency) and moderate/severe adverse events (AEs) for MC (safety) by trained physicians and COs using the sleeve and dorsal slit MC methods in a service programme. • Univariate and multiple regressions with robust variance estimation were used to assess factors associated with operative duration (linear) and AEs (logistic). Results: • Six physicians and eight COs conducted 1934 and 3218 MCs, respectively; there were 2471 dorsal slit and 2681 sleeve MC procedures. The overall mean operative duration was 33 min for newly trained providers, whichdecreased to ≈20 min after ≈100 MCs. • The adjusted mean operative duration for dorsal slit MC was significantly shorter than that for the sleeve MC method (Δ- 2.7 min, P < 0.001). • The operative duration was longer for COs than physicians for the sleeve procedure, but not the dorsal slit procedure; however this difference reduced with increasing numbers of MCs completed. • The unadjusted AE rates were 0.6% for dorsal slit MC and 1.4% for the sleeve method (P= 0.006) and 1.5% for physicians and 0.68% for COs (P= 0.003); however, there were no significant differences after multivariate adjustment. • Use of bipolar cautery significantly reduced operative duration (Δ- 4.0 min, P= 0.008), but was associated with higher AE rates (adjusted odds ratio 2.13, 95% confidence interval 1.26-3.61, P= 0.005). Conclusion • The dorsal slit MC method is faster than sleeve resection, and can be safely performed by non-physicians; however, use of bipolar cautery may be inadvisable in this setting.
KW - HIV
KW - Uganda
KW - adult male circumcision
KW - adverse events
KW - circumcision programmes
KW - task shifting
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10259.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10259.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21627752
AN - SCOPUS:83555173577
SN - 1464-4096
VL - 109
SP - 104
EP - 108
JO - BJU International
JF - BJU International
IS - 1
ER -