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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.
Tasci et al. (2020) surveyed the medico-legal aspects of post-circumcision necrosis.<ref name="tasci2020">{{REFjournal |last=Tasci |first= |init=AI |author-link= |last2=Danacioglu |first2= |init2=YO |author2-link= |last3=Arikan |first3= |init3=Y |author3-link= |etal=yes |title=Management of post-circumcision necrosis of the penis: the medicolegal aspect |trans-title= |language= |journal= Pediatr Surg Int |location= |date=2020-04 |volume=36 |issue=4 |article= |page= |pages=523-8 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00383-020-04630-2 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=32088740 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1007/s00383-020-04630-2 |accessdate=2022-01-20}}</ref> Necrosis is a rare complication of [[circumcision]].
==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