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'''Wound dehiscence''' is the splitting open or separation of the layers of a surgical wound.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/wound+dehiscence
|title=Wound dehiscence
|last=
|first=
|accessdate=2020-06-15
}}</ref>
Circumcision surgical wounds are particularly vulnerable to wound dehiscence<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Kaplan
|first=George W.
|author-link=
|title=Complications of circumcision
|journal=Urol Clin N Amer
|date=1983
|volume=10
|issue=08
|pages=543-9
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/kaplan/#n62
|accessdate=2020-06-15
}}</ref> because the penis expands and tugs on the wound when erection occurs.
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* {{REFweb
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/Restric/Botched9wd.html
|archived=
|title=A gallery of circumcisions: 9. Wound dehiscence
|trans-title=
|language=English
|last=Young
|first=Hugh
|author-link=Hugh Young
|publisher=Circumstitions
|website=
|date=
|accessdate=2020-06-15
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|quote=
}}
{{REF}}
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/wound+dehiscence
|title=Wound dehiscence
|last=
|first=
|accessdate=2020-06-15
}}</ref>
Circumcision surgical wounds are particularly vulnerable to wound dehiscence<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Kaplan
|first=George W.
|author-link=
|title=Complications of circumcision
|journal=Urol Clin N Amer
|date=1983
|volume=10
|issue=08
|pages=543-9
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/kaplan/#n62
|accessdate=2020-06-15
}}</ref> because the penis expands and tugs on the wound when erection occurs.
{{LINKS}}
NSFW
* {{REFweb
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/Restric/Botched9wd.html
|archived=
|title=A gallery of circumcisions: 9. Wound dehiscence
|trans-title=
|language=English
|last=Young
|first=Hugh
|author-link=Hugh Young
|publisher=Circumstitions
|website=
|date=
|accessdate=2020-06-15
|format=
|quote=
}}
{{REF}}