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'''Complete penile amputation''' is perhaps the most tragic of all of the many complications of non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]]. It refers to the total, complete ablation<ref>{{REFweb
'''Complete penile amputation''' is perhaps the most tragic of all of the many complications of non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]].<ref name="romberg2021">{{REFbook
|last=Romberg
|first=Rosemary
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|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=Loss of Penis
|scope=
|page=
|pages=291-5
|location=
|publisher=Kindle
|ISBN=23: 979-8683021252
|quote=
|accessdate=2023-08-31
|note=
}}</ref> It refers to the total, complete ablation<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ablation
  |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ablation
  |title=Ablation
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==Penis amputators==
* [[Jean-Marie Huot]] of Winnipeg, [[Canada]], who amputated the [[penis]] of [[David Reimer]].
* [[Hershel Goldman]] of Melbourne, [[Australia]], who amputated the [[penis]] of two boys while performing [[Brit Milah]].
==Xhosa circumcision==
==Xhosa circumcision==
The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is the home of the Xhosa people. The culture of the Xhosa includes many traditional practices, including a rite of passage to manhood called ''Ulwaluko''. Ulwaluko includes a circumcision by a traditional practitioner. The circumcisions are not performed in accordance with modern medical practice. They are notorious for loss of penile skin, infection, gangrene, '''total loss of the penis''', and even [[death]].<ref>{{REFweb
The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is the home of the Xhosa people. The culture of the Xhosa includes many traditional practices, including a rite of passage to manhood called ''Ulwaluko''. Ulwaluko includes a circumcision by a traditional practitioner. The circumcisions are not performed in accordance with modern medical practice. They are notorious for loss of penile skin, [[infection]], [[gangrene]], '''total loss of the penis''', and even [[death]].<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1996-07-19SouthAfrica/
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1996-07-19SouthAfrica/
  |title=Initiation horror as four dead
  |title=Initiation horror as four dead
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Amputation]]
* [[Amputation]]
* [[Canada]]
* [[David Reimer]]
* [[David Reimer]]
* [[Northside Hospital]]
* [[Ulwaluko]]
* [[Ulwaluko]]


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[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Term]]
[[Category:Circumcision term]]


[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Canada]]