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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

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 loss of the 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

}}</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===

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