Catastrophic Complications of Circumcision by Traditional Circumcisers

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 +967776089579Email fmaaa2006@yahoo.comAbstract: 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 circumcisio