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A '''Skin bridgesskin bridge''' are is a well-known and well-documented [[iatrogenic]] [[complication ]] of non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]].<ref name="krill2011">{{REFjournal |last=Krill |first=Aaron J. |init= |author-link= |last2=Palmer |first2=Lane S. |init2= |author2-link= |last3=Palmer |first3=Jeffrey S. |init3= |author3-link= |etal= |title=Complications of circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal= ScientificWorldJournal |location= |date=2011-12-26 |volume=11 |issue= |article= |page= |pages=2458-68 |url=https://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2011/373829/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=22235177 |pubmedCID=3253617 |DOI=https://doi.org/10.1100/2011/373829 |accessdate=2022-01-27}}</ref>

Infant [[circumcision]] requires that the [[foreskin]] first be torn from the [[glans penis]] by passing a blunt probe under the [[foreskin ]] to rip the [[synechia]] that binds the infant foreskin to the glans penis and separate the foreskin so that it may be amputated. This leaves the surface of the glans penis in a raw condition.

The wound of an infant circumcision is not sutured so the remnant of the foreskin is free to fall where it may. In some cases to it falls into contact with the raw [[glans penis ]], adheres, and adheresheals to the glans, forming a [[skin ]] bridge.<ref>{{REFjournal

[[Skin ]] bridges may be surgically corrected by a urologist.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Snodgrass |first=Warren |init= |author-link= |etal=no |title=Extensive skin bridging with glans epithelium replacement by penile shaft skin following newborn circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal= J Pediatr Urol |location= |date=2006-12 |volume=2 |issue=6 |article= |page= |pages=555-8 |url=https://www.jpurol.com/article/S1477-5131(06)00013-1/fulltext |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=18947680 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/j.jpurol.2006.01.010 |accessdate=2021-06-04}}</ref> <ref>{{REFbook |last=Romberg |first=Rosemary |init= |author-link=Rosemary Romberg |year=2021 |title=Circumcision — The Painful Dilemma |url=https://circumcisionthepainfuldilemma.wordpress.com/ |work= |editor=[[Ulf Dunkel]] |edition=Second Edition, Revised |volume= |chapter=Skin Bridge |scope= |page= |pages=282-3 |location= |publisher=Kindle |ISBN=23: 979-8683021252 |quote= |accessdate=2023-08-31 |note=}}</ref> [[Intact]] males do not have skin bridges. ==Video==<br>Dr. Sacher Kuber of Pune, India explains and demonstrates the release of a post-circumcision skin bridge.<youtube>v=qU-FU1eMsVM</youtube> {{SEEALSO}}* [[Retraction of the foreskin]]

|quote=A [[skin]]-bridge is formed when the raw remnant where the foreskin was cut attaches to the raw surface of the glans and heals that way. This happens after the doctor has lost interest in the case and the mother, who has been told her son's circumcised penis is now "low maintenance" and has no idea what it is "supposed" to look like, does not notice that anything is the matter.}} See photographs on page 103 ''et seq.''. 

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