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}}</ref> As a surgical measure, it is used to control [[pain]] or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventive surgery for such problems. A special case is that of congenital amputation, a congenital disorder, where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands.<ref name="WP">{{URLwikipedia|Amputation|Amputation|2021-11-12}}</ref> | }}</ref> As a surgical measure, it is used to control [[pain]] or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or [[gangrene]]. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventive surgery for such problems. A special case is that of congenital amputation, a congenital disorder, where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands.<ref name="WP">{{URLwikipedia|Amputation|Amputation|2021-11-12}}</ref> | ||
In some countries, such as Afghanistan and Iran,<ref name="iran">{{REFnews | In some countries, such as Afghanistan and Iran,<ref name="iran">{{REFnews | ||
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[[Circumcision]] is amputation of the [[foreskin]].<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Andersen-Giberson | |||
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|author-link=Dale Andersen | |||
|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016 | |||
|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework | |||
|journal=Critical Disability Discourses | |||
|date=2025-12 | |||
|volume=10 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=1-37 | |||
|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016 | |||
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786 | |||
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|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens. | |||
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== Types related to [[HGM]] == | == Types related to [[HGM]] == | ||
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== Neurological disorders related to amputation == | == Neurological disorders related to amputation == | ||
=== Acrotomophilia === | === [[Acrotomophilia]] === | ||
==Psychological issues of amputation and loss of function== | |||
|last= | The human [[foreskin]] has numerous protective, immunological, and sexual functions. Amputation of the foreskin completely terminates those functions. | ||
British doctors Maguire & Parkes (1998) reported persons who have lost a body part to amputation must grieve the loss. Amputees may experience anxiety and depression from their loss.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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}}</ref> | |etal=no | ||
|title=Coping with loss: surgery and loss of body parts | |||
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|journal=BMJ | |||
|date=1998-04 | |||
|volume=316 | |||
|issue=7137 | |||
|pages=1086-8 | |||
|url=10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1086 | |||
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|quote=The loss of body parts can give rise to grief for loss of body image or function, or both. | |||
|pubmedID=9552917 | |||
|pubmedCID=1112908 | |||
|DOI=10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1086 | |||
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}}</ref> [[Suicide]] after [[circumcision]] has been reported. | |||
=== Apotemnophilia === | === Apotemnophilia === | ||
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{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Acrotomophilia]] | |||
* [[Adult circumcision]] | * [[Adult circumcision]] | ||
* [[Circumcision]] | * [[Circumcision]] | ||
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[[Category:Education]] | [[Category:Education]] | ||
[[Category:Medical term]] | [[Category:Medical term]] | ||
[[Category:Psychology]] | |||
[[de:Amputation]] | [[de:Amputation]] | ||