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In Western medicine it was used as an alternative to [[circumcision]] to relieve conditions such as failure of the foreskin to retract ([[phimosis]]) or failure to cover the glans penis ([[paraphimosis]]), although a perception of poor appearance limited its popularity. While it is a less invasive surgery than circumcision, it is more invasive than [[Phimosis#Preputioplasty| preputioplasty]] since it leaves the incision open. It is still used when circumcision or other measures are considered impractical or undesirable.
Superincision has been widely practised by people of the Pacific, stretching from Hawaii to the Philippines. However, with increasing urbanisation, traditional rituals have been giving way in many places to medically performed circumcision, <ref name="mcgrath-young2001">{{REFbook |last=McGrath |first=Ken |author-link=Ken McGrath |last2=Young |first2=Hugh |author2-link=Hugh Young |year=2001 |chapter=Review of Circumcision in New Zealand |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_8 A |work= |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |edition= |volume= |title=Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem |pages=129-146 |location=New York |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers |isbn=978-0306467011 |quote= |accessdate=2019-09-27 |note=}}</ref> and almost entirely so among Islanders living in [[New Zealand]], where a recent survey found there was "a strong cultural demand from parents".
The most notable exception to Pacific superincision is the Māori people of [[New Zealand]], who do not circumcise or superincise, although they have an indigenous term for the latter (''ure haea'' or "split penis") and their tradition is that they stopped the practice when they arrived in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://www.circumstitions.com/NZ.html |title=The rise and fall of circumcision in New Zealand |website=Circumstitions |last=Young H. & [[Ken McGrath|McGrath, K.]] |date=2000-12-08 |accessdate=2020-01-01}}</ref>
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* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Foreskin]]
[[Category:Circumcision]]
[[Category:Genital cutting]]
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