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  |accessdate=2023-09-27
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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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  |date=2000-08
  |date=2000-08
  |title=Traumatic amputation of the penis
  |title=Traumatic amputation of the penis
  |url=http://brazjurol.com.br/pdf/kochakarn_385_389.pdf
  |url=https://intbrazjurol.com.br/pdf/vol2130/Vol26_n4_2000.pdf#page=47
  |journal=Brazilian Journal of Urology
  |journal=Brazilian Journal of Urology
  |volume=26
  |volume=26
  |pages=385–389
  |pages=385–389
  |via=Official Journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
  |via=Official Journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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  |publisher={{UNI|Cambridge University|UCam}} Press
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[[Circumcision]] is amputation of the [[foreskin]].<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal
|last=Andersen-Giberson
|init=D
|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
|accessdate=2026-03-12
|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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|accessdate=2026-03-12
}}
</ref>


== Types related to [[HGM]] ==
== Types related to [[HGM]] ==
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* Amputation of the testicles (castration).
* Amputation of the testicles (castration).
* Amputation of the [[penis]] ([[penectomy]]).
* Amputation of the [[penis]] ([[penectomy]]).
* Amputation of the [[foreskin]] ([[circumcision]]).
* Amputation of the [[foreskin]] ([[circumcision]], [[posthectomy]]).
* Amputation of the [[clitoris]] ([[clitoridectomy]]).
* Amputation of the [[clitoris]] ([[clitoridectomy]]).


== Neurological disorders related to amputation ==
== Neurological disorders related to amputation ==
=== Acrotomophilia ===
=== [[Acrotomophilia]] ===
'''Acrotomophilia''' refers to a paraphilia in which an individual expresses strong sexual interest in amputees.<ref>{{REFjournal
==Psychological issues of amputation and loss of function==
  |last=Solvang
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
  |last=Maguire
|first=
  |init=P
  |init=P
  |date=2007
  |author-link=
  |title=The amputee body desired: Beauty destabilized? Disability re-valued?
|last2=Parkes
  |journal=Sex and Disability
|first2=
  |volume=25
|init2=CM
  |pages=51–64
|author2-link=
}}</ref>
|etal=no
  |title=Coping with loss: surgery and loss of body parts
|trans-title=
|language=
  |journal=BMJ
|date=1998-04
  |volume=316
|issue=7137
  |pages=1086-8
|url=10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1086
|archived=
|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
|accessdate=2026-03-28
}}</ref> [[Suicide]] after [[circumcision]] has been reported.


=== Apotemnophilia ===
=== Apotemnophilia ===
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Acrotomophilia]]
* [[Adult circumcision]]
* [[Adult circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Complete penile amputation]]
* [[Complete penile amputation]]
* [[The Boy Who Was Turned Into a Girl]]
* [[Ulwaluko]]
* [[Ulwaluko]]
{{LINKS}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwikipedia||Amputation|2023-12-26||}}
* {{REFweb
 
|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amputation
|title=Amputation
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|publisher=Wikipedia
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|accessdate=2023-12-26
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-amputation-truth/
|title=The Word They Don’t Want to Use: Amputation
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-05-21
|accessdate=2025-05-22
}}
{{REF}}
{{REF}}


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[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Medical term]]
[[Category:Medical term]]
[[Category:Psychology]]


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