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Circumcision severs certain veins that return blood to the heart. When return of the blood to the heart is impaired, then lymph builds up in the penis, and results in [[lymphoedema]]. It can take months for new lymph pathways to form so that the lymph can flow out of the penis. | Circumcision severs certain veins that return blood to the heart. When return of the blood to the heart is impaired, then lymph builds up in the penis, and results in [[lymphoedema]]. It can take months for new lymph pathways to form so that the lymph can flow out of the penis. | ||
Kaplan (1983) reports that skin grafts are sometimes required.<ref name="kaplan1983">{{REFjournal | [[George W. Kaplan|Kaplan]] (1983) reports that skin grafts are sometimes required.<ref name="kaplan1983">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Kaplan | |last=Kaplan | ||
|first= | |first=George W. | ||
|init=GW | |init=GW | ||
|author-link= | |author-link=George W. Kaplan | ||
|etal=no | |etal=no | ||
|title=Complications of circumcision | |title=Complications of circumcision | ||
|journal=Urol Clin N Amer | |journal=Urol Clin N Amer | ||
|date=1983-08 | |date=1983-08 | ||
|volume=10 | |volume=10 | ||
|pages=543-9 | |pages=543-9 | ||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/kaplan/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/kaplan/ | ||
|pubmedID=6623741 | |pubmedID=6623741 | ||
|accessdate=2022-01-08 | |accessdate=2022-01-08 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
[[Category:Circumcision complication]] | [[Category:Circumcision complication]] | ||
[[Category:Parental information]] | [[Category:Parental information]] | ||
[[Category:Term]] | [[Category:Term]] | ||