Catastrophic Complications of Circumcision by Traditional Circumcisers

• Main Authors: Ahmed F, Al-wageeh S, Ghabisha S, Al-shami E, Al-naggar K, Obaid G, Eslahi A, Alfaragi M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2021-09-01
• Series: Open Access Emergency Medicine
• Subjects: complications; death; penile injury; ritual circumcision
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/catastrophic-complications-of-circumcision-by-traditional-circumcisers-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-OAEM

Faisal Ahmed,1 Saleh Al-wageeh,2 Saif Ghabisha,2 Ebrahim Al-shami,1 Khalil Al-naggar,1 Ghamdan Obaid,3 Ali Eslahi,4,5 Mohammed Alfaragi6 1Urology Research Center, Al-Thora General Hospital, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, Yemen; 2Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, Yemen; 3Department of Orthopedy, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, Yemen; 4Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 5Shiraz Geriatric Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 6Department of Dermatology, Skin Soft Clinic, Unaizah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Faisal AhmedUrology Research Center, Al-Thora General Hospital, Department of Urology, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, YemenTel [phone]Email [e-mail]: Circumcision is one of the important public surgeries performed globally. It is a popular non-therapeutic procedure that can be performed by people of various abilities and skills, ranging from trained medical practitioners to non-specialists, depending on their cultural and social backgrounds. Consequently, this surgery may cause varying types and frequencies of complications. Glans amputation and death due to severe bleeding, as a complication of this procedure, are rare, and the patients are left with morbidity and life-long complications. Here, we describe two cases of catastrophic complications due to ritual circumcision (one penile glans amputation and one death).Keywords: complications, death, penile injury, ritual circumcision