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{{Construction Site}}'''Urethral fistula''' (aka ''urethrocutaneous fistula'') is a long-known and well-documented complication of male [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
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|last=Limaye
|first=
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|etal=no
|title=Penile urethral fistual fistula as a complication of circumcision
|journal=J Pediatr
|location=
|DOI=10.1016/s0022-3476(68)80410-x
|accessdate=2021-06-24
}}</ref><ref name="ahmed1999">{{REFjournal
|last=Ahmed
|first=
|init=A
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|last2=Mbibi
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|init2=MH
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|last3=Dawan
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|last4=Kalayi
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|init4=GD
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|etal=no
|title=Complications of traditional male circumcision
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|journal=Ann Trop Paediatr
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|date=1999-03
|volume=19
|issue=1
|article=
|page=
|pages=113-7
|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724939992743
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|pubmedID= 10605531
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|DOI=10.1080/02724939992743
|accessdate=2021-06-27
}}</ref> Urethral fistula is an opening from the urethra to the outside of the [[penis]].<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Romberg
|first=Rosemary
|init=
|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=Urethral Fistula
|scope=
|page=273
|pages=
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|publisher=Kindle
|ISBN=23: 979-8683021252
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|accessdate=2023-08-31
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}}</ref> Uretral fistula after circumcision occurs on the ventral aspect of the penis.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Agawal
|first=Amit
|init= |author-link=A
|last2=Parelkar
|first2=Sandesh
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|last3=Shah
|first3=Hemanshi
|init3=H
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|etallast4=yesSanghvi |first4=Beejal |init4=B |last5=Joshi |first5=Millind |init5=M |last6=Mishra |first6=Pankaj |init6=P
|title=Multiple circumferential urethrocutaneous fistulae: a rare complication of circumcision
|journal=J Pediatr Urol
|location=
|date=20092008-0612-22
|volume=5
|issue=3
|page=
|pages=240-2
|url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/51121830/j.jpurol.2008.10.01220161230-26103-kqd71z-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1624766819&Signature=c-lVshwLE4zbo5L62Sbg3tcGla--lwcVGzhEIwqZubeag1eSI4QqM1xtyuqc9US4bkUi8e1erNCrPKQsMoXcKRnPReVqVXZp~8InzC0GuxsQRpact5hpJ93bWJy4LR8gt4~b3SF~V-iXNJBGB5~MX4zBA9UjkanIbMUlOhzXdLfzil6cksRt~iK4tBfKZY1YmmEW5oTdzTwkfmdoNVfBdauQr0j9MEHsYmituCAWKqUpkxUAvjELopm8YfBI3zufAkMoJC5dpFm0Id9d5nsZdCHEa2BzwIUs9mkr8WRkGlRSGbpjvdMke19H0oxdfpkG9p3OfQypgK9IDivdZW9ERw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
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|DOI=10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.10.012
|accessdate=2021-06-24
}}</ref>
It is an unusual but preventable complication following circumcision.<ref name="Ikuerowo 2014">{{REFjournal
|url=https://pubmedwww.ncbinjcponline.nlm.nihcom/article.gov/24553021/asp?issn=1119-3077;year=2014;volume=17;issue=2;spage=145;epage=148;aulast=Ikuerowo
|title=Urethrocutaneous fistula complicating circumcision in children
|last=Ikuerowo
|DOI=10.4103/1119-3077.127422
|accessdate=2021-06-24
}}</ref>
==Treatment==
Treatment requires surgery. Baskin et al. (1997) reported that a [[skin]] flap may be used to repair the [[urethra]].<ref name="baskin1997">{{REFjournal
|last=Baskin
|first=
|init=LS
|author-link=
|last2=Canning
|first2=
|init2=DA
|author2-link=
|last3=Snyder III
|first3=
|init3=HA
|author3-link=
|last4=Duckett Jr.
|first4=
|init4=JR
|author4-link=
|etal=no
|title=Surgical repair of urethral circumcision injuries
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=J Urol
|location=
|date=1997-12
|volume=158
|issue=6
|article=
|page=
|pages=2269-71
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/baskin/
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=9366374
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1016/s0022-5347(01)68233-8
|accessdate=2021-06-26
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Circumcision risk]]
[[de:Harnröhrenfistel]]