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The [[Plastibell]] and [[Prepex]] circumcision devices intentionally cause necrosis of the foreskin by ischaemia, which causes the [[foreskin]] to die and fall off.
The [[Plastibell]], [[Prepex]], and [[TARA KLamp]] circumcision devices intentionally cause necrosis of the foreskin by ischaemia, which causes the [[foreskin]] to die and fall off.
 
Necrosis is a complication of [[circumcision]]. [[Rosemary Romberg]] (2021) reported necrosis of the glans due to overly tight bandage or a Plastibell ring that was too small.<ref>{{REFbook
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|first=Rosemary
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|author-link=Rosemary Romberg
|year=2021
|title=Circumcision — The Painful Dilemma
|url=https://circumcisionthepainfuldilemma.wordpress.com/
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|editor=[[Ulf Dunkel]]
|edition=Second Edition, Revised
|volume=
|chapter=Glans Necrosis
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|page=278
|pages=
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|publisher=Kindle
|ISBN=23: 979-8683021252
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|accessdate=2023-08-31
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==Therapy==
Tasci et al. (2020) surveyed the medico-legal aspects of post-circumcision necrosis. Information on 24 cases was collected. The patients were treated for necrosis by surgical intervention in 15 (62.5%) patients, hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) in 6 (25%), the conservative approach in 2 (8.3%), and HBOT plus surgical intervention in 1 (4.1%) patient.<ref name="tasci2020">{{REFjournal
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|title=Management of post-circumcision necrosis of the penis: the medicolegal aspect
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|journal= Pediatr Surg Int
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|date=2020-04
|volume=36
|issue=4
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|pages=523-8
|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00383-020-04630-2
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|DOI=10.1007/s00383-020-04630-2
|accessdate=2022-01-20
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Necrosis is a rare complication of [[circumcision]].
==Case reports==
==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
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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[[Category:Term]]
[[Category:Medical term]]
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[de:Nekrose]]