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Necrosis is a rare complication of [[circumcision]].
==Case reports==
Sterenberg et al. (1981) reported a case of necrosis of the [[glans penis]] after [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]] of a ten-day-old boy by a [[mohel]]. The boy had a blackened glans penis. He was hospitalized but the necrotic glans penis fell off.<ref name="sternberg1981">{REFjournal
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|title=Necrosis of the Glans Penis Following Neonatal Circumcision
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|journal= Plast Reconstr Surg
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|date=1981-08
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Aminsharifi et al. (2013) reported two cases of glans necrosis after circumcision.<ref name="aminsharifi2013">{{REFjournal