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Case Report

Catastrophic Complications of Circumcision by Traditional Circumcisers

Faisal Ahmed1 Urology Research Center, Al-Thora General Hospital, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, YemenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Saleh Al-wageeh2 Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, YemenView further author information
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Saif Ghabisha2 Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, YemenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-6803View further author information
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Ebrahim Al-shami1 Urology Research Center, Al-Thora General Hospital, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, YemenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4513-9562View further author information
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Khalil Al-naggar1 Urology Research Center, Al-Thora General Hospital, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, YemenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9955-4537View further author information
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Ghamdan Obaid3 Department of Orthopedy, School of Medicine, Ibb University of Medical Science, Ibb, YemenView further author information
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Ali Eslahi4 Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;5 Shiraz Geriatric Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranView further author information
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Mohammed Alfaragi6 Department of Dermatology, Skin Soft Clinic, Unaizah, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Pages 425-429 | Published online: 21 Sep 2021

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