Original Article

Evulation of a Cırcumcision Campaign

  • Dilşad Cebeci
  • Melda Karavuş
  • Osman Hayrant
  • Seçil Aksayan
  • Hikmet Cebeci

İstanbul Med J 1998;2(1):10-14

In this study 251 children who were circumcisied in a campaign of Ministry of Health were followed up to assess complications and alsa to determine the reasons ofparents to attend such a campaign. 80.6% of all children developed at least one type of complication at the end offırst 24 hours after circumsion, whereas 32.6% developed infection after 7 days. People's reason for preference for this campaign was mainly their financial situation.

Keywords: Circumcision, Campaign