title: Penile skin necrosis - complication following selfcircumcision.
abstract: Circumcision is one of the commonest operations performed throughout the world for ritual, traditional or medical reasons. Self-circumcision may lead to disastrous complications. There have been reports of the complications following use of the constricting devices for improved sexual performance and for auto-erotic intentions, but cases of self-circumcision leading to complications such as necrosis of the penile skin and strangulation of the penis are very rarely reported. This case represents penile skin necrosis in a 55-year-old white English man following an attempt at self-circumcision with a medically unapproved plastic device available in the market. He recovered after surgical debridement and treatment with antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. jsagar_2001@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jayesh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sagar
authors.forename: Bethani
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sagar
authors.forename: Dharmendra K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology*; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000473:pathology*