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}}</ref> Two interventions that put the male infant at immediate risk for UTIs are [[circumcision]], <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Smith |init=RM |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/smith1916/ |title=Recent contributions to the study of pyelitis in infancy |journal=Am J Dis Child |date=1916 |volume=XII |pages=235.243}}</ref> which removes the protection of the [[foreskin]], and [[forced retraction]] of the foreskin. These interventions tear away the synechia which binds the [[foreskin]] to the [[glans]] in male infants, thereby creating entry points for ''E. coli'' bacteria,<ref name="Winberg 1989">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a [[complication]] of [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Smith |init=RM |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/smith1916/ |title=Recent contributions to the study of pyelitis in infancy |journal=Am J Dis Child |date=1916 |volume=XII |pages=235[[Israel]].243}}</ref><ref name="Cohen 1992">{{REFjournal