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{{Construction Site}}'''Urethral fistula''' (aka ''urethrocutaneous fistula'') is a long-known and well-documented complication of male [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Limaye |first= |init=RD |author-link= |last2=Hancock |first2= |init2=RA |author2-link= |etal=no |title=Penile urethral fistula as a complication of circumcision |journal=J Pediatr |location= |date=1968-01 |volume=72 |issue=1 |article= |page=105-8 |pages= |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/limaye/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=5634930 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/s0022-3476(68)80410-x |accessdate=2021-06-24}}</ref><ref name="ahmed1999">{{REFjournal |last=Ahmed |first= |init=A |author-link= |last2=Mbibi |first2= |init2=MH |author2-link= |last3=Dawan |first3= |init3=D |author3-link= |last4=Kalayi |first4= |init4=GD |author4-link= |etal=no |title=Complications of traditional male circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal=Ann Trop Paediatr |location= |date=1999-03 |volume=19 |issue=1 |article= |page= |pages=113-7 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724939992743 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= 10605531 |pubmedCID= |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= |location= |publisher=Kindle |ISBN=23: 979-8683021252 |quote= |accessdate=2023-08-31 |note=}}</ref> Uretral fistula after circumcision occurs on the ventral aspect of the penis.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Agawal |first=Amit |init=A |last2=Parelkar |first2=Sandesh |init2=S |last3=Shah |first3=Hemanshi |init3=H |author3-link= |last4=Sanghvi |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=2008-12-22 |volume=5 |issue=3 |article= |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 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=19097822 |pubmedCID= |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.nlmcom/article.nih.gov/24553021/asp?issn=1119-3077;year=2014;volume=17;issue=2;spage=145;epage=148;aulast=Ikuerowo