Adolescent and adult circumcision: Difference between revisions

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Money & Davison thought the loss of sensation is "secondary to diminished sensory input from stretch receptors in the less mobile skin of the shaft of the penis, as well as loss of foreskin stretch receptors".<ref name="money1983" />
Money & Davison thought the loss of sensation is "secondary to diminished sensory input from stretch receptors in the less mobile skin of the shaft of the penis, as well as loss of foreskin stretch receptors".<ref name="money1983" />
Denniston (2004) carried out a survey of 38 adult males who were circumcised at least 2 years after they commenced sexual intercourse. Thirteen men felt that sexual intercourse was better after circumcision, but 22 felt that intercourse was worse and would not have the circumcision again, because of loss of sexual pleasure.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Denniston
|first=George C.
|init=
|author-link=George C. Denniston
|last2=Hill
|first2=George
|init2=
|author2-link=George Hill
|etal=no
|title=Circumcision in adults: effect on sexual function
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|language=
|journal=Urology
|location=
|date=2004-12
|volume=54
|issue=5
|article=
|page=1267
|pages=
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/denniston3/
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|quote=
|pubmedID=15596221
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|DOI=10.1016/j.urology.2004.03.059
|accessdate=2021-06-05
}}</ref>


===Other adverse effects===
===Other adverse effects===