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==Adolescent and adult circumcision==
==Adolescent and adult circumcision==


Adolescent and adult circumcision are usually carried out under total anesthesia, either by nerve block or by general anesthesia, so the pain of the surgery is not usually a concern. That does not mean that the operation is pain free.  It is not.
Adolescent and adult circumcision are usually carried out under total anesthesia, either by local or regional nerve block or by general anesthesia,<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Holman
|init=
|first=John R.
|author-link=
|last2=Stuessi
|init2=
|first2=Keith A.
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|etal=no
|title=Adult circumcision
|trans-title=
|language=English
|journal=American Family Physician
|location=
|date=1999-03-15
|volume=59
|issue=6
|pages=1514-8
|url=https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0315/p1514.html
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=10193593
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|accessdate=2020-11-19
}}</ref> so the pain of the surgery is not usually a concern. That does not mean that the operation is pain free.  It is not.


* There is, of course, post-surgical pain, which may be relieved by a potent oral analgesic. One should have a two-week supply of analgesic medicine.
* There is, of course, post-surgical pain, which may be relieved by a potent oral analgesic. One should have a two-week supply of analgesic medicine.