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}}</ref> The device works bo by providing a circumferencial surface upon which to tie off the [[foreskin]].
==Advantages==
The ring must fall off before final healing can occur. Rarely, the tip of the glans may protrude through the ring and become swollen, trapping the ring in place. Blood transfusion risk 1 in 30,000 procedures (Wiswell).
One study of 2000 Plastibell circumcisions found a complication rate of 1.8%.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Izzidien Al-Samarrai |first=A.Y., |last2=Mofti |first2=A. |last3=Crankson |first3=S. J . |title=The Use of Plastibell in Neonatal Circumcision. Review of 2000 cases. |journal=Surg. Gyne & Obst. |volume=167: |pages=341-343, 1988<!--{{vs|couldn't find |date=2012-111988}}--></ref>
The foreskin must be slit and forced from the glans to allow entry for the plastic dome.
}}</ref> than a [[Gomco|Gomco clamp]] or similar entirely-supervised circumcision.
There are several reports in the literature of urinary retention after circumcision with the Plastibell PlastiBell device.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Ly
|first=L.
}}</ref>
There also is a report of impetigo caused by Staphylococcus aureus when using the PlastibellPlastiBell.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Stranko
|first=J.
}}</ref>
There have been multiple cases of children developing necrotizing fasciitis in their penis after being circumcised using the Plastibell PlastiBell device.<ref name=pubmed9329429>{{REFjournal
|last=Bliss
|first=David P.
|last3=Waldhausen
|date=1997
|title=Necrotizing fasciitis after Plastibell PlastiBell circumcision
|journal=The Journal of Pediatrics
|volume=131
}}</ref>
There have been cases of necrosis of the glans penis following circumcision with the Plastibell PlastiBell device.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Bode
|first=C.O.
|last3=Ademuyiwa
|date=2010
|title=Penile injuries from proximal migration of the Plastibell PlastiBell circumcision ring
|journal=Journal of Pediatric Urology
|volume=6