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D F Perlmutter1, J M Lawrence, A N Krauss
1Department of Women's and Children's Health Nursing, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, USA.
Objective:
To determine whether it is necessary to delay discharge of newly circumcised male neonates to observe voiding.
Subjects And Methods:
A prospective study was conducted in 1992 and 1993 of 51 healthy male, newly circumcised neonates between 0 and 10 days of age. The neonates were observed for the time of first voiding after circumcision was performed.
Results:
All neonates voided after circumcision at a mean age of 5.3 +/- 2.5 hours, and there were no complications noted in the study population.
Conclusion:
Healthy male infants who are circumcised without obvious complications can be expected to void, and it is unnecessary to delay hospital discharge to make this observation.
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