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'''Complete penile amputation''' is perhaps the most tragic of all of the many complications of non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]]. <ref name="romberg2021">{{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=Loss of Penis |scope= |page= |pages=291-5 |location= |publisher=Kindle |ISBN=23: 979-8683021252 |quote= |accessdate=2023-08-31 |note=}}</ref> It refers to the total, complete ablation<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ablation
|title=Ablation
Bradley et al. (1998) presented two cases of ablatio penis and discuss various ways of managing the condition. The first case presented is the same one later publicized by [[John Colapinto]].<ref name="bradley1998">{{REFjournal
|last=Bradley
|first=Susan J. |init=SJ
|author-link=
|last2=Oliver
|first2=Gillian D.
|init2=GD
|author2-link=
|last3=Chernick
|first3=Avinoam B. |init3=AB
|author3-link=
|last4=Zucker
|first4=Kenneth J.
|init4=KJ
|author4-link=
|etal=no
|title=Experiment of nurture: ablatio penis at 2 months, sex reassignment at 7 months, and a psychosexual follow-up in young adulthood
|location=
|date=1998-07
==Xhosa circumcision==
The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is the home of the Xhosa people. The culture of the Xhosa includes many traditional practices, including a rite of passage to manhood called ''Ulwaluko''. Ulwaluko includes a circumcision by a traditional practitioner. The circumcisions are not performed in accordance with modern medical practice. They are notorious for loss of penile skin, infection, gangrene, '''total <span clɑss="yellow">loss of the peniʂ</span> penis''', and even [[death]].<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1996-07-19SouthAfrica/ |title=Initiation horror as four dead |last= |first= |date=1996-07-19 |accessdate=2022-02-16}}</ref> <ref>{{REFnews
|title=Circumcision leaves 24 dead, 100 in hospital
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/thestar07-16-02/
|date=2002-07-17
|accessdate=2022-02-15
|quote=
}}</ref> Ulwaluko is viewed as an important part of Xhosa culture, so there is little interest on the part of governmental authorities on regulating the practice.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.ulwaluko.co.za/Home.html
|title=Ulwaluko
|last=
|first=
|date=
|accessdate=2022-02-16
|quote=The incompetence and indifference of the traditional leaders is astounding.
}}</ref>
===Life without a penis===
Mia Malan (2013) discussed the difficulties of life without a [[penis]].<ref name="malan2013">{{REFnews
|title=The boys who lost their manhood
|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-16-00-the-boys-who-lost-their-manhood/
|last=Malan
|first=Mia
|init=
|author-link=
|last2=
|init2=
|author2-link=
|publisher=Mail & Guardian
|website=
|date=2013-08-16
|accessdate=2022-02-16
|quote=
}}</ref>
===Penile transplant===
The first succesful penile transplant<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=van der Merwe
|first=
|init=A
|author-link=
|last2=Graewe
|first2=Frank
|init2=F
|author2-link=
|last3=Zühlke
|first3=Alexander
|init3=A
|author3-link=
|etal=yes
|title=Penile allotransplantation for penis amputation following ritual circumcision: a case report with 24 months of follow-up
|journal=Lancet
|location=
|date=2017-09-09
|volume=390
|issue=10099
|article=
|page=
|pages=1038-47
|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)31807-X/fulltext
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=28823494
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31807-X
|accessdate=2022-02-15
}}</ref> was the result of a loss of a boy's penis during the ulwaluko initation.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-31876219
|title=South Africans perform first 'successful' penis transplant
|last=Gallagher
|first=James
|init=J
|author-link=
|publisher=BBC News
|website=
|date=2015-03-13
|accessdate=2022-02-15
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Amputation]]
* [[Canada]]
* [[David Reimer]]
* [[Ulwaluko]]
{{REF}}
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Circumcision term]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:South Africa]]
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