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An adhesion of the [[foreskin]] to the [[glans penis]] is abnormal, pathological and frequently iatrogenic. They frequently occur as a [[complication]] of [[circumcision]] of the newborn.<ref name="gracelykilgore1984">{{REFjournal |last=Gracely-Kilgore |first=Katherine |init=K |author-link= |etal=no |title=Penile adhesion: the hidden complication of circumcision |trans-title= |language=English |journal=Nurse Pract |location= |date=1984 |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=22-4 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/gracely1/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=6728346 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2023-05-09}}</ref>

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 surfaces in a raw state. The foreskin is then [[Excision| 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. <ref name="gracelykilgore1984" /> One common form is the [[skin bridge]].