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Necrosis is a complication of [[circumcision]].
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The [[Plastibell]] , [[Prepex]], and [[PrepexTARA 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]].==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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==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