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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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}}</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]
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[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Medical ethics]]
[[de:Intraperitoneale Blasenperforation]]