Circumcision devices versus standard surgical techniques in adolescent and adult male circumcisions: a Cochrane review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the effects of device-based circumcisions compared with standard surgical techniques in adolescent and adult males (10 years old and above).

Methods

We performed a comprehensive search with no restrictions to the language of publication or publication status. We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of device-based circumcisions compared to standard surgical dissection-based circumcision conducted by health professionals in a medical setting. We reported study results as risk ratios (RRs) or mean differences (MDs) using 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and a random-effects model. We used the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to evaluate the overall certainty of the evidence for each outcome.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Hohlfeld AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297972 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature