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'''Adolescent and adult circumcision''' is rare when compared to the millions upon millions of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcisions of boys that are carried out in Islamic nations, Israel, the United States, and elsewhere.
==Consent==
Male circumcision is an elective surgical amputation of the foreskin part of the penis. Legally, the patient or his surrogate (proxy) must grant ''informed'' consent before the surgery can be performed.
The surgeon most provide all material information to the patient before [[informed consent]] can be granted.
==Reasons for circumcision==