Electrocautery-induced gangrene of the glans penis in a child following circumcision

Abstract

A 7-year-old child was brought to the hyperbaric oxygen centre because of cyanosis of his glans penis. He had been circumcised the same day with the use of a monopolar electrocautery device. Unfortunately, the electrocautery caused a severe burn injury on the glans of the child. On examination, he had necrosis over …