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Circumcision severs certain veins that return blood to the heart. When return of the blood to the heart is impaired, then lymph builds up in the penis, and results in [[lymphoedema]]. It can take months for new lymph pathways to form so that the lymph can flow out of the penis.
[[George W. Kaplan |Kaplan]] (1983) reports that skin grafts are sometimes required.<ref name="kaplan1983">{{REFjournal
|last=Kaplan
|first=George W.
|init=GW
|author-link=George W. Kaplan
|etal=no
|title=Complications of circumcision
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|language=
|journal=Urol Clin N Amer
|location=
|date=1983-08
|volume=10
|issue=
|article=
|page=
|pages=543-9
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/kaplan/
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|pubmedID=6623741
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|accessdate=2022-01-08
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[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
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