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Adhesions of the residual [[skin]] to the [[glans penis]] usually occur after the [[circumcision]] of an infant boy. They are a pathological condition. When a young boy is to lose his [[foreskin]] to [[amputation]] by the surgical operation euphemistically known as "circumcision", the first step is to break the normal, healthy fusion described above. The surgeon does this in an incredibly brutal manner that causes extreme [[pain]] by passing a blunt probe under the foreskin to break the normal fusion with the [[glans penis]]. This preliminary step leaves the [[glans penis]] in a raw condition. After the [[foreskin]] is cut away, the residual shaft skin of the penis is also left with raw ends.
The surgical wound is not commonly closed with sutures after [[circumcision]] of young boys, so the residual shaft skin is left to fall where it may. If the raw end of the shaft skin is in contact with the raw [[glans penis]], the two are likely to heal together, which creates a pathological adhesion.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Gracely-Kilgore |first= |init=KA |author-link= |etal=no |title=Penile Adhesion: The Hidden Complication of Circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal= Nurse Pract |location= |date=1984-05 |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=22-4 |url= |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=6728346 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |doi= |accessdate=2025-12-04}}</ref>
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