Quacks a menace for surgeons: management of a difficult post circumcision deformity

Abstract

Circumcision is one of the commonest surgeries performed worldwide. Yet it is not without complications. It is performed by medical and non-medical persons. A 12 year old boy presented with a severe penile deformity comprising of micropenis and distal urethral fistula following a circumcision performed at the age of 2 years by a? Quack… The patient underwent repair for the same and achieved a near normal penis. Considering the vast amount of complications associated with these surgeries, stricter norms as to who should operate and where should such a procedure be done has to be relooked. Also the absolute indications for circumcision must also be revisited as the fundamental purpose of prophylactic circumcision has not been statistically supported completely from the review of literature.