Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 32-35 , February 2007

Severe complications of circumcision: An analysis of 48 cases

  • Kadir Ceylan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65200 Van, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 533 513 0407; fax: +90 432 215 6195.
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  • Köseoğlu Burhan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65200 Van, Turkey
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  • Yüksel Yılmaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65200 Van, Turkey
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  • Şaban Can

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65200 Van, Turkey
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  • Alpaslan Kuş

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65200 Van, Turkey
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  • Güneş Mustafa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65200 Van, Turkey

Received 15 July 2005 ,Accepted 28 February 2006.

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PII: S1477-5131(06)00053-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2006.02.009

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 32-35 , February 2007

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