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== Non-retractable foreskin of infancy and childhood == | == Non-retractable foreskin of infancy and childhood == | ||
[[File:Oester.jpg|frame|Percentage of boys with fused foreskin by age according to Øster]] | [[File:Oester.jpg|frame|Percentage of boys with fused foreskin by age according to Øster]] | ||
Boys are almost always born with non-retractable foreskin.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{ | Boys are almost always born with non-retractable foreskin.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM1949}}</ref> The inner surface of the foreskin of a newborn baby is fused by a [[synechia]] to the surface of the glans penis so that is non-retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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