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Urethral fistula

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{{Construction Site}}'''Urethral fistula''' (aka ''urethrocutaneous fistula'') is a long-known and well-documented complication of male [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Limaye
|first=
|author2-link=
|etal=no
|title=Penile urethral fistual fistula as a complication of circumcision
|journal=J Pediatr
|location=
|DOI=10.1016/s0022-3476(68)80410-x
|accessdate=2021-06-24
}}</ref><ref name="ahmed1999">{{REFjournal
|last=Ahmed
|first=
|init=A
|author-link=
|last2=Mbibi
|first2=
|init2=MH
|author2-link=
|last3=Dawan
|first3=
|init3=D
|author3-link=
|last4=Kalayi
|first4=
|init4=GD
|author4-link=
|etal=no
|title=Complications of traditional male circumcision
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Ann Trop Paediatr
|location=
|date=1999-03
|volume=19
|issue=1
|article=
|page=
|pages=113-7
|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724939992743
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID= 10605531
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1080/02724939992743
|accessdate=2021-06-27
}}</ref> Urethral fistula is an opening from the urethra to the outside of the [[penis]].<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Romberg
|first=Rosemary
|init=
|author-link=Rosemary Romberg
|year=2021
|title=Circumcision — The Painful Dilemma
|url=https://circumcisionthepainfuldilemma.wordpress.com/
|work=
|editor=[[Ulf Dunkel]]
|edition=Second Edition, Revised
|volume=
|chapter=Urethral Fistula
|scope=
|page=273
|pages=
|location=
|publisher=Kindle
|ISBN=23: 979-8683021252
|quote=
|accessdate=2023-08-31
|note=
}}</ref> Uretral fistula after circumcision occurs on the ventral aspect of the penis.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Agawal
|first=Amit
|init= |author-link=A
|last2=Parelkar
|first2=Sandesh
|init2= |author2-link=S
|last3=Shah
|first3=Hemanshi
|init3=H
|author3-link=
|etallast4=yesSanghvi |first4=Beejal |init4=B |last5=Joshi |first5=Millind |init5=M |last6=Mishra |first6=Pankaj |init6=P
|title=Multiple circumferential urethrocutaneous fistulae: a rare complication of circumcision
|journal=J Pediatr Urol
|location=
|date=20092008-0612-22
|volume=5
|issue=3
|DOI=10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.10.012
|accessdate=2021-06-24
}}</ref>
It is an unusual but preventable complication following circumcision.<ref name="Ikuerowo 2014">{{REFjournal
==Treatment==
Treatment requires surgery. Baskin et al. (1997) reported that a [[skin ]] flap may be used to repair the [[urethra]].<ref name="baskin1997">{{REFjournal
|last=Baskin
|first=
{{REF}}
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