The effect of circumcision on urinary tract infection and growth in infants without any detected postnatal urinary tract abnormalities despite antenatal diagnosis of hydronephrosis

KÖSE E., ŞİRİN KÖSE S., pehlivan ö., alparslan c., kanğın m., cenkçi c. k., ...Daha Fazla

IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI, cilt.3, sa.1, ss.23-27, 2013 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5222/buchd.2013.023
  • Dergi Adı: IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.23-27
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Circumcision, antenatal hydronephrosis, urinary tract infection, growth, infant, DECREASED INCIDENCE
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: Circumcision is one of the most widely used surgical procedures worldwide. It has been suggested that circumcision reduces the frequency of urinary tract infection (UTI) 10-20 times. However no studies exist investigating the effect of circumcision on UTI frequency and growth in infants with antenatal hydronephrosis (AH). In this study therefore, we aimed to examine the effect of circumcision on postnatal UTI frequency and growth in infants without urological abnormality despite the diagnosis of antenatal hydronephrosis.