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An [[adhesion]] of the [[foreskin]] to the [[glans penis]] is abnormal and pathological. They frequently occur as a [[complication]] of [[circumcision]] of the newborn. To effect a circumcision of a newborn boy, the natural fusion described above must first be destroyed, which is done by the passage of a blunt probe between the infant foreskin and the glans penis which leaves both surface in a raw state. The foreskin is then excised, leaving the residual shaft skin in a raw condition. Sutures are not used in circumcision of infants so the raw cut end of the shaft skin is free to fall where it may. In some cases it falls on the raw glans penis and the two heal together, thus forming an adhesion. Adhesions take many forms. One common form is the [[skin bridge]].