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TABLE 2
Trade-off Analysis for Circumcision: Adverse Outcome Prevented per Complication Endured


Complication (International
Classification of Diseases,
Ninth Revision)
Trade-offs
Number of Complications
Endured per Case
of UTI Prevented
Number of Complications
Endured per Case of
Penile Cancer Prevented

Hemorrhagic
  Intraoperative bleeding (998.1) .15 1.36
  Hemorrhage control (399.8) .01 .08
  Suture of artery, vein, vessel (393.0, 393.1, 393.2) .005 .64
  Total .16 1.55
Injury
  Penile repair (644.9) .01 .18
  Suture penile laceration (644.1) .01 .18
  Wound-penis (878.0, 878.1) .002 .02
  Reconstruction of penis (644.4) .001 .007
  Total .03 .27
Infection
  Cellulitis-penis (607.2) NA NA
Total .19 1.90




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