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==Synechia destruction prior to infant circumcision==
==Synechia destruction prior to infant circumcision==


When an infant boy is circumcised, as remains common in the United States, in preparation for the [[circumcision]], the preputial synechia must first be broken by passing a blunt probe under the foreskin in an intensely painful procedure.
When an infant boy is circumcised, as remains common in the United States, in preparation for the [[circumcision]], the preputial synechia must first be forcibly separated by passing a blunt probe under the foreskin in an intensely painful procedure.


==Premature forcible foreskin retraction==
==Premature forcible foreskin retraction==