Table 2

Prevalence of Complications of Male Circumcision Reported From sub-Saharan Africa

Author

Location

Total number of patients

Ages of Patients

Circumcisers

Number of complications

Prevalence of Complications

Bailey et al [17]

Kisumu, Kenya

1334

18–24 yrs

Not indicated

23

1.7%

Kiwanuka et [18]

Rakai, Uganda

136

15–49 years

Not indicated

5

3.7%

Okeke et al [19]

Ibadan, Nigeria

322

< 1 yr

Nurses, physicians and traditional circumcisers

65

20.2%

Auvert et al [20]

Orange Farm, South Africa

1568

18–24 yrs

Generalist physicians

60

3.8%

Krieger et al [21]

Kisumu, Kenya

479

18–24 yrs

Physicians and clinical officers

17

3.5%

Okafor et al [22]

Nigeria

102

< 1 yr

Physicians

0

0

Osuigwe et al [23]

Nigeria

138

neonates

Physicians and nurses

33

24.1%

Shittu and Shokunbi [24]]

Ibadan, Nigeria

70 hemophiliacs

birth to 35 yrs

Nurses, physicians, community health workers and traditional circumcisers

35

50.1%

Manji [25]]

Tanzania

386

< 1 yr

Pediatricians

11

2.8%

Magoha [26]]

Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya

249

birth to 54 years

Specialist Surgeon physicians

28

11.2%

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