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# Anesthetic should be applied (though it is a historically recent addition, dating only to approximately the early 1990s).
# The [[foreskin]] is gripped with two hemostats (tissue holders) and a tool is inserted between his foreskin and [[glans]].<ref name="children.webmd"/>
# Once separated, a hemostat is used to pull his foreskin lengthwise in order to reduce [[bleeding]].<ref name="children.webmd">HealthWise Medical Reference, Available online at: http://children.webmd.com/tc/circumcision-what-happens-during-a-circumcision Last Updated: February 19, 2008.</ref>
# Next, the foreskin is cut lengthwise through the stretched tissue (dorsal slit) to allow space to insert the circumcision device.<ref name="children.webmd" />
# The bell of the Gomco clamp is placed over the glans, and the foreskin is pulled over the bell.