Table 1. Moderate/severe adverse events observed overall and 2 and 7 days post-circumcision among N = 427 HIV-uninfected, sexually-active adult men surgically circumcised within the National Safe Male Circumcision program in Gaborone, Botswana.
2 days post-circumcision (n = 401) | 7 days post-circumcision (n = 395) | Overall (n = 415)a | |||||||
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Events | Participants with ≥1 event |
Rate per 100 circumcisionsb | Events | Participants with ≥1 event |
Rate per 100 circumcisionsb | Events | Participants with ≥1 eventc |
Rate per 100 circumcisionsb | |
Any adverse eventd | 10 | 10 | 2.5 | 21 | 19e | 4.8 | 31 | 28e | 6.7 |
Hematoma | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 8 | 8 | 2.0 | 12 | 11 | 2.7 |
Bleeding | 3 | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 1.2 |
Infection | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 7 | 7 | 1.8 | 9 | 9 | 2.2 |
Pain | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 0.7 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 |
Insufficient skin removed | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 |
Delayed healing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.7 | 3 | 3 | 0.7 |
a 415 participants attended one or both follow-up visits at day 2 or day 7.
b Rate per 100 circumcisions calculated by dividing the number of participants assessed at the follow-up by the number of participants with ≥1 event
c Number of unique participants with either ≥1 events at day 2 or day 7.
d Exclusive of pain-related adverse events. Other adverse events assessed, but no events observed included injury to penis, excess skin removed, micturition, and anesthesia-related complications.
e One participant had one event at day 2 and day 7, and two participants had two events each at day 7.