Circumcision Safe In Both HIV-infected And HIV-uninfected Men, Study Finds

Adult circumcision is safe in HIV-infected men without advanced HIV disease, according to research in PLoS Medicine. Analyzing results of two clinical trials of circumcision in the rural Rakai district of Uganda, scientists found approximately a 3 percent rate of moderate or severe surgical complications -- primarily infections -- in both HIV-positive and HIV-negative men, when circumcision was performed under optimal conditions.

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