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Baby's penis reattached after botched circumcision
BMJ 2000; 321 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7260.529/b (Published 02 September 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;321:529
- Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
- Jerusalem
The penis of an 8 day old Jewish baby that was accidentally amputated below the corona by a mohel (ritual circumciser) has been successfully reattached by microsurgery at a small medical centre in Israel.
Doctors at the Ha'emek Hospital in Afula said that the baby is now—nearly two months after surgery—able to urinate normally …
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