1Department of Urology, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Mdantsane, Ciskei, South Africa.
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Summary— The Umkhwetha is an ancient custom of ritual circumcision still practised by the Xhosa people of Southern Africa. In 45 consecutive youths who required hospital admission the mortality rate was 9%. The complications seen over the years are reviewed and their management discussed.
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Tài liệu tham khảo
10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb70864.x
Flaherty J. A., 1980, Circumcision and schizophrenia, J. Clin. Psychiatry, 41, 96
Preliminary census, 1980, The Republic of Ciskei–a Nation in Transition., 194
