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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Oct 1;64(2):130–133. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182965d67

Table 1.

Outcomes for participants undergoing Shang Ring or Forceps-guided Adult Male Circumcision by both Intention to Treat and As-Treated Analyses

Intention to Treat analysis As Treated Analysis
Outcome (%) Shang Ring (n=73) Forceps (n=65) RR (95%CI) p-value Shang Ring (n=66) Forceps (n=72) RR (95%CI) p-value
Operative Time < 10 minutes 71.2 0.0 INF -- 78.8 0 INF --
Operative Time < 30 minutes 95.6 81.5 1.18 (1.04 - 1.33) 0.01 97.0 81.9 1.18 (1.05 – 1.33) 0.01
Any Major Complication 0.0 0.0 -- -- 0.0 0.0 -- --
Any Minor Complication 57.5 18.5 3.12 (1.80 – 5.40) <0.01 56.1 23.6 2.37 (1.49 – 3.79) <0.01
    Ring Slippage 5.5 N/A 6.1 N/A
    Infection 31.5 7.7 4.10 (1.64 - 10.1) <0.01 27.3 13.9 1.96 (0.98 – 3.95) 0.06
    Any Day 14 Complication 42.5 16.9 2.51 (1.37 – 4.59) <0.01 43.9 18.1 2.43 (1.38 – 4.28) <0.01
Healed by Day 7 12.3 13.9 0.89 (0.38 – 2.11) 0.79 10.6 15.3 0.69 (0.29 – 1.69) 0.42
Healed by Day 14 34.3 50.8 0.67 (0.45 – 1.01) 0.05 33.3 50.0 0.67 (0.44 – 1.01) 0.06
Healed by Day 21 90.9 95.4 0.95 (0.86 – 1.04) 0.26 90.9 94.4 0.96 (0.88 -1.06) 0.43
Return to Activity Day 1 94.5 50.8 1.86 (1.45 – 2.38) <0.01 95.4 54.2 1.76 (1.41 – 2.20) <0.01
Pain Free Post-Op Day 1 24.7 16.9 1.46 (0.74 – 2.86) 0.27 27.3 15.3 1.79 (0.91 – 3.50) 0.09
Pain Free Post-Op Day 3 69.9 62.7 1.11 (0.87 – 1.43) 0.50 71.2 62.1 1.15 (0.90 – 1.46) 0.27
Pain Free Post-Op Day 7 100 100 -- -- 100 100 -- --
High Patient Satisfaction 74.0 60.0 1.38 (0.94 – 2.02) 0.10 77.3 58.3 1.65 (1.04 – 2.60) 0.03