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The Plastibell Circumcision Device is a clear plastic ring with a deep groove running circumferentially designed for circumcising infant males. It was invented by Hollister Inc in 1950, and first reported on in 1953.<ref name=Miller1953>{{cite journalREFjournal |authorlast=Miller | first=RL | coauthors=Snyder DC | pubyear=1953, SnyderJanuary | title = Immediate circumcision of the newborn male | journal = Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. | volume = 65 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–111-11 | year url= | quote= 1953 | month accessdate= January

| last2 = Snyder | first2 = DC}}</ref><ref name=Kariher1956>{{cite journalREFjournal |author last= Kariher | first=DH, | coauthors=Smith TW | pubyear=1956, January |title = Immediate circumcision of the newborn |journal = Obstet Gynecol |volume = 7 |issue = 1 |pages = 50–350-3 | url= |year quote= 1956 |month accessdate= January |pmid = 13280246}}</ref> The device works bo providing a circumferencial surface upon which to tie off the foreskin.

One study of 2000 Plastibell circumcisions found a complication rate of 1.8%.<ref>Izzidien Al-Samarrai A.Y., Mofti A. Crankson S. J The Use of Plastibell in Neonatal Circumcision. Review of 2000 cases. Surg. Gyne & Obst.167: 341-343, 1988<!--{{vs|couldn't find|date=November 2012}}--></ref>

Furthermore, because convalescence depends on a (temporarily) affixed medical device, risks of infection or hemorrhage due to the bell slipping or otherwise failing are greater<ref>{{cite newsREFnews | first last= MarkBrennae | last first= BrennaeMark | title coauthors= Ontario boy dies after complications from circumcision | url = http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=cb3b8281-4134-46ba-85d3-b076072bda75&k=25810 | work title= The Vancouver SunOntario boy dies after complications from circumcision | date=June 13, 2007 | publisher = The Vancouver Sun: CanWest News Service | date quote= June 13, 2007 | accessdate = 2008-07-16

There also is a report are several reports in the literature of impetigo caused by Staphylococcus aureus when using urinary retention after circumcision with the Plastibelldevice.<ref>{{cite REFjournal | last=Ly | first=L | coauthors=Sankaran K | pubyear=2003 | title=Acute venous stasis and swelling of the lower abdomen and extremities in an infant after circumcision | journal =CMAJ |pmidvolume=3763425 169 |yearissue=1986 3 |last1pages=Stranko 216-7 |first1url=J |last2quote=Ryan |first2accessdate=ME |last3pmid=Bowman 12900483}}</ref> Death has been reported.<ref>[http://www.pulsus.com/Paeds/12_04/Pdf/zwol_ed.pdf Paediatrics & Child Health, Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/vic/VCAT/2010/1772.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=anaesthetic</ref><ref>{{REFjournal | last=Paediatric Death Review Committee: Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario | first= | coauthors= |first3pubyear=AM 2007 |title=Impetigo in newborn infants associated with a plastic bell clamp circumcision Circumcision: A minor procedure? | journal=Paediatrics & child health |volume=5 12 |issue=5 4 |pages=597–9 311-2 |journalurl= | quote= | accessdate= | pmid=19030377 | pmc=Pediatric infectious disease2528673}}</ref>

There have been multiple cases also is a report of children developing necrotizing fasciitis in their penis after being circumcised impetigo caused by Staphylococcus aureus when using the Plastibell device.<ref name=pubmed9329429>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0022-3476(97)80078-9 REFjournal |titlelast=Necrotizing fasciitis after Plastibell circumcision Stranko |yearfirst=1997 j |last1coauthors=Bliss ME Ryan, AM Bowman |first1pubyear=David P. 1986 |last2title=Healey |first2=Patrick J. |last3=Waldhausen |first3=John H.T. Impetigo in newborn infants associated with a plastic bell clamp circumcision |journal=The Journal of Pediatrics Pediatric infectious disease |volume=131 5 |issue=3 5 |pages=459–62 597-9 |pmidurl=9329429}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmidquote=6444778 |yearaccessdate=1980 |last1=Woodside |first1=JR |title=Necrotizing fasciitis after neonatal circumcision |volume=134 |issuepmid=3 |pages=301–2 |journal=American journal of diseases of children3763425}}</ref>

There have been multiple cases of necrosis of the glans children developing necrotizing fasciitis in their penis following circumcision with after being circumcised using the Plastibell device.<refname=pubmed9329429>{{cite REFjournal | last=Bliss | first=David P. | coauthors=Patrick J. Healey, John H.T. Waldhausen | pubyear=1997 | title=Necrotizing fasciitis after Plastibell circumcision | journal =The Journal of Pediatrics | volume=131 | issue=3 | pages=459-62 | url= | quote= | accessdate= |doi=10.1016/j.jpurol.2009.05.011 S0022-3476(97)80078-9 | pmid=9329429}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal | last=Woodside | first=JR | coauthors= | pubyear=1980 |title=Penile injuries from proximal migration Necrotizing fasciitis after neonatal circumcision | journal=American journal of diseases of children | volume=134 | issue=3 | pages=301-2 | url= | quote= | accessdate= | pmid=6444778}}</ref> There have been cases of necrosis of the glans penis following circumcision with the Plastibell circumcision ring device.<ref>{{REFjournal |year=2010 |last1last=Bode |first1first=C.O. |last2coauthors=S. Ikhisemojie |first2=S, A.O. Ademuyiwa |last3pubyear=Ademuyiwa 2010 |first3title=A.O. Penile injuries from proximal migration of the Plastibell circumcision ring |journal=Journal of Pediatric Urology |volume=6 | issue=1 |pages=23–7 23-7 | url= | quote= | accessdate= | doi=10.1016/j.jpurol.2009.05.011 |pmid=19570722 |issue=1}}</ref>

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