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'''Extensive penile skin defects''' and '''avulsions[[avulsion]]s''' are unfortunate occurrences of male [[circumcision]]. [[Avulsion ]] is the forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery.<ref>{{REFweb
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Osifo & Oriaifo (2010) reported on 346 complications [[complication]]s of child circumcision in Nigeria. Urethrocutaneous fistula (73, [21.1%]), redundant [[prepuce ]] (51, [14.7%]), hemorrhage [[haemorrhage]] (46, [13.3%]), glandular injury (33, [9.5%]), glandulopenile adhesion (30, [8.7%]), implantation cyst (10, [2.9%]) [Figure figure 1], proximal migration of plastibell ring (11, [3.2%]) and penile tissues avulsions (17, [4.9%]) were more commonly seen than glandular amputations (9, [2.6%]), transmission of infection (4, [1.2%]), local wound infections [[infection]]s and penopubic adhesion (2, [0.6%]).<ref name="osifo2010">{{REFjournal
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Gao & Qu (2019) presented the case of a 31-year-old man who presented with extensive defects in his [[penile skin]], [[infection]], and [[necrosis]] following a [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]]. A reverse bilateral anterior [[Scrotal skin|scrotal flap ]] was used to correct complete [[penile skin ]] loss following debridement of the infected and [[Necrosis|necrotic tissue]].<ref name="gao2019">{{REFjournal
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