Circumcision scar: Difference between revisions
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) →Appearance: Link to skin bridges. |
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) →Problems with the scar: Edit text |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
==Problems with the scar== | ==Problems with the scar== | ||
There is some controversy as to what happens to the severed nerves of the foreskin at the scar. Xin ''et al''. (1997) suggest that nerves regenerate, forming new receptors.<ref name="Xin1997">{{REFjournal | <!--There is some controversy as to what happens to the severed nerves of the foreskin at the scar. Xin ''et al''. (1997) suggest that nerves regenerate, forming new receptors.<ref name="Xin1997">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Xin | |last=Xin | ||
|first=ZC | |first=ZC | ||
| Line 50: | Line 50: | ||
|DOI=10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64499-9| | |DOI=10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64499-9| | ||
|accessdate=2019-10-18 | |accessdate=2019-10-18 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref>-->Pathologists Cold & Taylor (1999) report: "Histology of the male circumcision scar shows amputation neuromas, Schwann cell proliferation and the bulbous collection of variably sized neurites. Amputation neuromas do not mediate normal sensation and are notorious for generating pain."<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Cold | |last=Cold | ||
|first=C.J. | |first=C.J. | ||