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}}</ref> A pedicled island scrotal flap was used for the same purpose by Lynch and Pryor in a one-stage procedure in 1993.
Toronto plastic surgeon Dr Robert H Stubbs performed a surgical restoration in a two-stage procedure in Canada.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=BC man's foreskin op a success
|url=https://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2006/06_30/3_patients_practice01_12.html
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|first=Jennifer
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|publisher=National Review of Medicine
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|date=2006-06-30
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One of the simplest methods involved the implantation of a small platinum ring within the tip of the "foreskin." The ring held the [[skin]] in place over the glans, resulting in a "created phimosis" (meaning that the [[skin]] could not be retracted while the ring was in place). The hope was to generate enough new [[skin]] to permanently re-cover the glans after the ring was removed. As it turned out the [[skin]] that was left was a fibrous, raised band where the platinum ring had been lodged and there was not enough [[skin]] to cover the glans.<ref name="bigelow1994">{{REFjournal