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==Adolescent and adult circumcision==
Adolescent and adult circumcision are usually carried out under total anesthesia, either by nerve block or by general anesthesia, so the pain of the surgery is not usually a concern. That does not mean that the operation is pain free. It is not.
The recovery period for adolescent and adult circumcision is usually placed at six weeks. During that period of time, many patients experience pain when they they have involuntary nocturnal erections and the erection tightens the residual skin and pulls at the incision and suture.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|pages=126-31
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}}</ref> In a few cases, the erections may cause [[wound dehiscence]] which requires additional surgery to re-close the surgical wound.
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