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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]] and [[Prepex]] circumcision devices intentionally cause necrosis of the foreskin by ischaemia, which causes the [[foreskin]] to die and fall off.


Necrosis is a rare complication of [[circumcision]].
Tasci et al. (2020) surveyed the medico-legal aspects of post-circumcision necrosis.<ref name="tasci2020">{{REFjournal
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|title=Management of post-circumcision necrosis of the penis: the medicolegal aspect
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Necrosis is a 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