Genitourinary Infections Related to Circumcision and the Potential Impact on Male Infertility
| Title: | Genitourinary Infections Related to Circumcision and the Potential Impact on Male Infertility |
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| Authors: | Nahid Punjani, Spyridon P. Basourakos, Quincy G. Nang, Richard K. Lee, Marc Goldstein, Joseph P. Alukal, Philip S. Li |
| Source: | The World Journal of Men's Health, Vol 40, Iss 2, Pp 179-190 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology |
| Subject Terms: | infections, infertility, male circumcision, Medicine, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923 |
| More Details: | Male circumcision (MC) is one of the oldest surgical procedures still completed today. Medical indications for MC include phimosis, recurrent balanitis, cosmesis, and infection prevention. In this review, we mainly focus on the role of MC in the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus, human papillomavirus, herpes simplex virus, gonorrhea, chlamydia, chancroid, and syphilis, and the subsequent impact of these genitourinary infections on male fertility. Overall, many compelling data support that MC may play an essential role in both genitourinary infection prevention and male fertility. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2287-4208 2287-4690 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2287-4208; https://doaj.org/toc/2287-4690 |
| DOI: | 10.5534/wjmh.210043 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/b13f04194abf47539513d877af7224d6 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.b13f04194abf47539513d877af7224d6 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 22874208 22874690 |
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| DOI: | 10.5534/wjmh.210043 |
| Published in: | The World Journal of Men's Health |
| Language: | English |