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'''Ischemia of the glans penis''' is a not-so-rare [[iatrogenic]] complication of circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Pepe
|first=Pietro
|accessdate=2022-02-20
}}</ref>
==Disruption of blood circulation==
Male circumcision frequently includes excision of the [[frenulum]], which carries the frenular artery.<ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref>
Migliorini et al. (2018) reported a case of ischemia of the glans penis after circumcision in a 24-year-old male. The patient was successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy in combination with pentoxifylline.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Migliorini
|first=Fillipo
|init=
|author-link=
|last2=Bianconi
|first2=Francesco
|init2=
|author2-link=
|last3=Bizzotto
|first3=Leonardo
|init3=
|author3-link=
|etal=yes
|title=Acute Ischemia of the Glans Penis after Circumcision Treated with Hyperbaric Therapy and Pentoxifylline: Case Report and Revision of the Literature
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Urol Int
|location=
|date=2018-02-13
|volume=100
|issue=3
|article=
|page=
|pages=361-3
|url=https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/444399
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=26871688
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1159/000444399
|accessdate=2022-02-20
}}</ref>