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}}</ref> is a local anesthetic procedure sometimes used in hope of reducing [[pain]] in [[circumcision]] of the newborn. In this procedure two injections of local anesthetic (lidocaine} are made near the base of the [[penis]] at the ten o'clock and two o'clock positions to block the dorsal nerves. | }}</ref> is a local anesthetic procedure sometimes used in hope of reducing [[pain]] in non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of the newborn. In this procedure two injections of local anesthetic (lidocaine} are made near the base of the [[penis]] at the ten o'clock and two o'clock positions to block the dorsal nerves. | ||
DPNB was proposed by Kirya & Werthman in 1978.<ref name="kirya1978">{{REFjournal | DPNB was proposed by Kirya & Werthman in 1978.<ref name="kirya1978">{{REFjournal | ||