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}}</ref>. In 2004 Sonyika performed a [[circumcision ]] of a newborn that amputated a large portion of his [[glans]].<ref name="Bollinger">{{REFweb

The AAP's policy statements were not re-affirmed so they expired in 2017. The AAP now has NO official position statement regarding [[circumcision]].

In 2004 Sonyika [[circumcised]] a one week old baby. The nurse assisting in the [[circumcision]] noted excessive [[bleeding]] and believed that excess tissue had been removed. In fact, a large portion of his [[glans penis]] had been severed. The lawsuit indicated medical negligence in the treatment of the severed tissue, which would have been possible to reattach if proper care and attention had been given within 8 hours. Instead, the tissue was placed in a biohazard bag and left at the nurses’ station. No doctor came in to examine the child after the nurse noted the severed tip. The tissue with the tip in it was eventually sent to pathology. The pathologist’s report confirmed the loss of part of the [[glans penis]]. A local pediatric urologist eventually diagnosed the boy with a significant [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| circumcision injury ]] resulting in an [[iatrogenic]] [[hypospadias]], a physician-caused condition where the urinary opening is on the underside of the [[penis]].