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|last=Hiss

|init=J

|last2=Horowitz

|init2=A

|last3=Kahama

|init3=T

|title=Fatal haemorrhage following male ritual circumcision

|journal=J Clin Forensic Med

|date=2000

|volume=7

|pages=32-4

|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/death/hiss1/

|DOI=10.1054/jcfm.1999.0340

|accessdate=2019-01-16

|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypovolemic+shock

|title=Hypovolemic shock

|publisher=Farlex

|website=The Free Dictionary

|accessdate=2020-01-16

}}</ref> Losing over 2.4 ounces of blood may cause [[death]].

"[S]ome of the serious complications that can occur during the procedure include [[death]] from excess bleeding and [[amputation]] of the [[glans penis]]. Postoperative complications include the formation of [[skin bridges]] between the shaft and the glans, infection, urinary retention (this has caused deaths), meatal ulcer, impetigo, fistulas, loss of penile sensitivity, sexual dysfunction and oedema of the glans." They also acknowledge that the frequency of complications is "underestimated because events occurring after the discharge are not captured [in the discharge sheet]" and sometimes are treated at a different hospital.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref>

== [[NOHARMM]] ==

An estimated number of complications is calculated in [http://www.noharmm.org/incidenceworld.htm this page].

{{SEEALSO}}

* [[Risks and complications]]

* [[Death]]

* {{REFweb

|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/death-exsang.html

|last=Newell

|first=Chico

|publisher=Office of the Chief Coroner, Province of British Columbia

|website=Cirumstitions

|date=2004-01-19

|accessdate=2020-01-15

}}