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== Post-operative risks == | == Post-operative risks == | ||
* | * Abnormal healing | ||
* Adhesions between the shaft and the glans | |||
* Chordee | |||
* Deformation of the penis | |||
* Early ablactation (weaning) (newborn circumcision) | |||
* Epispadias | |||
* Excessive foreskin removed (leads to deformation) | |||
* Fistulas | |||
* [[Hypospadias]] | |||
* Impetigo | |||
* Impotence | |||
* Inclusion cysts | |||
* Infection | * Infection | ||
* | * Insufficient foreskin removed (re-surgery often done) | ||
* Loss of penile sensitivity | |||
* Lubricants required for masturbation and intercourse | |||
* Lung tear due to extreme cries of pain (newborn circumcision) | |||
* [[Lymphoedema]] | |||
* [[Meatal stenosis]] (20% complication rate) | |||
* Meatal ulcer | * Meatal ulcer | ||
* | * Meatitis | ||
* | * Necrosis of the penis | ||
* Oedema of the glans | * Oedema of the glans | ||
* [[Phimosis]] | |||
* Pain in erected state of the penis | |||
* Risk of required re-surgery | * Risk of required re-surgery | ||
* | * Sexual dysfunction | ||
* | * Skin bridges between the shaft and the glans | ||
* Tummy wall tear due to extreme cries of pain (newborn circumcision) | * Tummy wall tear due to extreme cries of pain (newborn circumcision) | ||
* | * Urethrocutaneous fistula | ||
* Urinary retention (this has caused deaths) | |||
* ... | * ... | ||
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* [[Risks and complications]] | * [[Risks and complications]] | ||
* [[Sexual effects of circumcision]] | * [[Sexual effects of circumcision]] | ||
{{LINKS}} | |||
* {{REFweb | |||
|url=https://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/circumcision/complications.html | |||
|title=Complications of Circumcision | |||
|publisher=Stanford University | |||
|accessdate=2020-02-20 | |||
}} | |||
[[Category:Circumcision risks]] | [[Category:Circumcision risks]] | ||