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Attachment of the foreskin

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The '''attachment of the foreskin''' to the [[penis]] may occur in three different ways that tend to be confusing. They are ''fusion'', ''adhesion'', and the ''frenulum''.
== Fusion ==
Baby boys are born with the inner surface of their [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]] named the balano-preputial lamina,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
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Fusion of the foreskin in boys is normal, natural, healthy, and does not indicate need for treatment. It is erroneous to mischaracterize fusion as an adhesion.
 
==Adhesion==
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