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The meatus is protected by the [[foreskin]] of the [[intact]] normal [[penis]]. | The meatus is protected by the [[foreskin]] of the [[intact]] normal [[penis]]. When a boy has been [[circumcised]] and has lost the protection of his foreskin, the meatus is more likely to develop meatitis,<ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal | ||
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/brennemann1/ | |||
|title=The ulcerated meatus in the circumcised child | |||
|journal=Am J Dis Child | |||
|date=1921 | |||
|volume=21 | |||
|issue= | |||
|pages=38-47 | |||
|accessdate=2022-01-25 | |||
}}</ref> meatal ulceration,<ref name="freud1947">{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=The ulcerated urethral meatus in male children. | |||
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|journal=J Pediatr | |||
|date=1947-08 | |||
|volume=31 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=131-41 | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/complications/freud1/ | |||
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|DOI=10.1016/s0022-3476(47)80098-8 | |||
|accessdate=2024-02-04 | |||
}}</ref> and/or meatal stenosis.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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|last2=Hammodat | |||
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|last3=Pease | |||
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|title=Post circumcision meatal stenosis: 12 years' experience | |||
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|journal=N Z Med J | |||
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}}</ref><ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Van Howe | |||
|init=RS | |||
|author-link=Robert S. Van Howe | |||
|title=Incidence of meatal stenosis following neonatal circumcision in a primary care setting | |||
|journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila) | |||
|date=2006-01 | |||
|volume=45 | |||
|issue=1 | |||
|pages=49-54 | |||
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6992015/Incidence_of_Meatal_Stenosis_following_Neonatal_Circumcision_in_a_Primary_Care_Setting | |||
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}}</ref> [[Foreskinned]] boys rarely, if ever, develop these issues.<ref name="vanhowe2006" /> | |||
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