Surgical Outcomes of Newly Trained ShangRing Circumcision Providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Devices can potentially accelerate scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have demonstrated advantages of the ShangRing device over conventional circumcision. With the need to train providers rapidly for scale-up, concerns arise about the transferability of techniques and the expertise of new trainees.

Methods

We compared outcomes of ShangRing circumcisions conducted in Kenya by experienced providers (experience with more than 100 ShangRing circumcisions) and newly trained providers (trained in Kenya by the experienced providers before the study began). During training, trainees performed at least 7 ShangRing circumcisions and 3 removals. Newly trained providers received intermittent clinical mentoring initially during the s

SUBMITTER: Awori QD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4936420 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature