Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complication
Circumcision is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. As traditional ritual circumcisions are still practiced in the community, in Senegal the majority of circumcisions are performed in hospitals. We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who underwent a total amputation of the glans...
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author | Ousmane Sow Cyrille Ze Ondo Alioune Sarr Babacar Sine Cheikh Becaye Gassama Alain Khassim Ndoye |
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description | Circumcision is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. As traditional ritual circumcisions are still practiced in the community, in Senegal the majority of circumcisions are performed in hospitals. We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who underwent a total amputation of the glans after a circumcision in a pharmacy by an unqualified agent. A meatoplasty was performed and the postoperative course were uneventful. |
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spelling | doaj.art-45d91e7a871c4b4e860f4ed834d96a202022-12-21T21:32:29ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202022-01-0140101905Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complicationOusmane Sow0Cyrille Ze Ondo1Alioune Sarr2Babacar Sine3Cheikh Becaye Gassama4Alain Khassim Ndoye5Corresponding author.; Urology-Andrology Department, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar, BP: 3001, SenegalUrology-Andrology Department, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar, BP: 3001, SenegalUrology-Andrology Department, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar, BP: 3001, SenegalUrology-Andrology Department, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar, BP: 3001, SenegalUrology-Andrology Department, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar, BP: 3001, SenegalUrology-Andrology Department, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar, BP: 3001, SenegalCircumcision is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. As traditional ritual circumcisions are still practiced in the community, in Senegal the majority of circumcisions are performed in hospitals. We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who underwent a total amputation of the glans after a circumcision in a pharmacy by an unqualified agent. A meatoplasty was performed and the postoperative course were uneventful.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442021003454Glans amputationPenisCircumcisionMeatoplasty |
spellingShingle | Ousmane Sow Cyrille Ze Ondo Alioune Sarr Babacar Sine Cheikh Becaye Gassama Alain Khassim Ndoye Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complication Urology Case Reports Glans amputation Penis Circumcision Meatoplasty |
title | Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complication |
title_full | Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complication |
title_fullStr | Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complication |
title_full_unstemmed | Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complication |
title_short | Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complication |
title_sort | total penile glans amputation following circumcision a case report of a dramatic complication |
topic | Glans amputation Penis Circumcision Meatoplasty |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442021003454 |
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