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'''Intraperitoneal bladder perforation''' is an [[iatrogenic]] complication of using the [[Plastibell]] device to perform a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of an infant boy.<refname="dwyer2016">{{REFjournal
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|title=Intraperitoneal Bladder Perforation and Life-threatening Renal Failure in a Neonate Following Circumcision With the [[Plastibell Device]] device
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The seventy-year-old [[Plastibell ]] device has a long history of migrating from its intended position where it may cause blockage of [[urination ]] and other issues, up to and including [[necrosis]] of the [[glans penis]].<ref>{{REFweb
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|title=Delayed Glans Necrosis after Circumcision: Role of Testosterone in Salvaging Glans
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|journal=The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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There is a history of Plastibell migration causing [[death]] of a previously healthy baby boy,<ref name="coroner2007">{{REFjournal |last=Coroner |first=Chief |init= |author-link= |etal=no |title=Circumcision: A minor procedure? |trans-title= |language= |journal=Paediatr Child Health |location= |date=2007-04 |volume=12 |issue=4 |article= |page= |pages=311-2 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2528673/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=19030377 |pubmedCID=2528673 |DOI= |accessdate=2022-02-18}}</ref> so there is a very substantial question concerning the medical judgment of any physician who performs a non-beneficial, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] with a [[Plastibell]] device.{{SEEALSO}}* [[Canada]]* [[Device displacement]]{{LINKS}}* [https://www.cirp.org/library/death/ Deaths] {{REF}}
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Medical ethics]]
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