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Circumcision infection: Add citation.
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Infant non-therapeutic circumcisions do not cure disease and do not contribute to health. <ref name="allissa2025-03-25">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/post-circumcision-infections/ |title=The Risk of Infections Post-Circumcision: What They’re Not Telling You |last=Alissa |first= |init=K |author-link=Kristel Alissa |publisher=Intact America |date=2025-03-25 |accessdate=2025-03-27}}</ref> When infection occurs after a [[circumcision]] performed by a physician, then it may be considered to be [[iatrogenic]] as the infection would not have occurred if the circumcision had not been performed.
In cases of [[adolescent and adult circumcision| adult circumcision]], erections may cause [[wound dehiscence]] (splitting open of the surgical wound) thereby increasing the risk of infection.<ref name="kaplan1983">{{REFjournal
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