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There are four painful steps in every infant circumcision: | |||
1. Before circumcision surgery can commence, the surgeon must first forcibly separate these two highly innervated body parts in an exquisitely painful procedure by the passage of a blunt probe between the two parts to rip and tear the [[synechia]] apart.<ref>{{REFjournal | 1. Before circumcision surgery can commence, the surgeon must first forcibly separate these two highly innervated body parts in an exquisitely painful procedure by the passage of a blunt probe between the two parts to rip and tear the [[synechia]] apart.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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2. Next, in another painful | 2. Next, in another painful step, a [[dorsal slit]] must be cut in the foreskin, so that a special clamp can be installed. | ||
3. The foreskin is erogenous tissue,<ref>{{REFjournal | 3. The foreskin is erogenous tissue,<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> therefore the foreskin must be crushed with one of several special clamps in yet another painful | }}</ref> therefore the foreskin must be crushed with one of several special clamps in yet another painful step before the circumcision can be carried out.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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4. Finally, in another, painful | 4. Finally, in another, painful step, the foreskin must be cut away. | ||
Circumcision is an invasive cutting operation. Like other invasive operations, post-surgical pain persists after the surgery for days or weeks. Infant boys will not receive effective analgesia because of their young makes such drugs dangerous. | Circumcision is an invasive cutting operation. Like other invasive operations, post-surgical pain persists after the surgery for days or weeks. Infant boys will not receive effective analgesia because of their young makes such drugs dangerous. | ||