Medical article abstract on using leech therapy to aid reattachment of penis

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This is just the abstract of the article, but sounds interesting. Actually the thing that amazes me is the complete amputation at the penopubic junction during a circumcision -- I really think that the doctors that do that must have a fetish impulse and cut it off -- I can understand accidentally cutting a bit deep or something, but to accidentally sever the whole penis at the base, even when it is an infant size, seems pretty incredible to me.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24928459

Urology. 2014 Aug;84(2):472-4. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.04.021. Epub 2014 Jun 11.

Complete penile amputation during ritual neonatal circumcision and successful replantation using postoperative leech therapy.

Banihani OI1, Fox JA2, Gander BH3, Grunwaldt LJ3, Cannon GM4.

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Abstract

Circumcision is the most common surgical procedure in males in the United States, and minor complications are not uncommon. Major complications like partial penile amputations have been reported with successful replantation. Complete penile amputations in adult males have been described, and successful replantation has been reported with increasing success. We report a case of complete penile amputation at the penopubic junction using a Mogen clamp in a 7-day-old neonate with replantation using postoperative leech therapy. To our knowledge this is the first time leech therapy has been used postoperatively for neonatal penile amputation.

Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

PMID: 24928459 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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