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}}</ref> [...] The procedure is most often an elective surgery performed on neonates and children for religious and cultural reasons, but in other cases may be indicated for both therapeutic and prophylactic reasons. It is a treatment option for pathological phimosis, refractory balanoposthitis and chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs); it is contraindicated in cases of certain genital structure abnormalities or poor general health." (Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision Wikipedia])
'''Posthectomy''' is a more accurate medical term, but the Biblical euphemism, ''circumcision'', is more commonly used
== Historical background ==
* Postoperative wound pain, in the case of children's circumcisions conceivably worsened by the forceful breaking of the preputial adhesions.
* Postoperative bleeding of the wound. This can have severe consequences especially for very young infants, if they are not treated promptly. Their blood volume is only about 85 ml per kilogram of body weight, and even moderate blood loss can lead to hypovolaemia, hypovolaemic shock and even death.<ref>{{REFbook
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|editoreditors=Smart J, Nolan T.
|edition=6
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|first2=GJ
|year=2001
|title=Ritual and medical Understanding circumcision among Filipino boys: evidence of postA Multi-traumatic stress disorderDisciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem
|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_14
|work=Understanding circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem |editoreditors=[[George C. Denniston GC]], [[Frederick M. Hodges FM]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos MF]]
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|chapter=Ritual and medical circumcision among Filipino boys: evidence of post-traumatic stress disorder
|pages=253-270
|location=New York
|url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/h2150v731233m177/
|work=Male and Female Circumcision
|editoreditors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges|Frederick Mansfield Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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