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The '''Plastibell''' circumcision device is a clear plastic ring with a deep groove running circumferentially designed for circumcising infant males. It was invented by Hollister Inc in 1950, and first reported on in 1953.<ref name=Miller1953>{{REFjournal

|last=Miller

|last2=Snyder

|date=1953-01

|title=Immediate circumcision of the newborn male

}}</ref><ref name=Kariher1956>{{REFjournal

|last=Kariher

|last2=Smith

|date=1956-01

|title=Immediate circumcision of the newborn

One study of 2000 Plastibell circumcisions found a complication rate of 1.8%.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Izzidien Al-Samarrai

|last2=Mofti

|last3=Crankson

|title=The Use of Plastibell in Neonatal Circumcision. Review of 2000 cases

|journal=Surg. Gyne & Obst.

There are several reports in the literature of urinary retention after circumcision with the Plastibell device.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Ly

|last2=Sankaran

|date=2003

|title=Acute venous stasis and swelling of the lower abdomen and extremities in an infant after circumcision

There also is a report of impetigo caused by ''Staphylococcus aureus'' when using the Plastibell.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Stranko

|last2=Ryan

|last3=Bowman

|date=1986-09

|title=Impetigo in newborn infants associated with a plastic bell clamp circumcision

|last=Bliss

|first=David P.

|first2=Patrick J.

|first3=John H.T.

|date=1997

|title=Necrotizing fasciitis after Plastibell circumcision

}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Woodside

|date=1980-03

|title=Necrotizing fasciitis after neonatal circumcision

There have been cases of necrosis of the glans penis following circumcision with the Plastibell device.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Bode

|last2=Ikhisemojie

|last3=Ademuyiwa

|date=2010

|title=Penile injuries from proximal migration of the Plastibell circumcision ring