Rates of adverse events associated with male circumcision in U.S. medical settings, 2001 to 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

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.

Objectives

To estimate the incidence rate of MC-associated AEs and to assess whether AE rates differed by age at circumcision.

Design

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 calculation for each MC AE based on pathogenesis. We used 2001 to 2010 data from SDI Health, a large administrative claims data set, to conduct a retrospective cohort study.

Setting and participants

SDI Health provided administrative claims data from inpatient and outpatient US medical settings.

SUBMITTER: El Bcheraoui C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4578797 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature