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}}</ref> is a local anesthetic procedure sometimes used in hope of reducing [[pain]] in [[circumcision]] of the newborn. In this procedure two injections of local anesthetic are made near the base of the [[penis]] at the ten o'clock and two o'clock positions to block the dorsal nerves. DPNB was proposed by Kirya & Werthman in 1978.<ref name="kirya1978">{{REFjournal |last=Kirya |first=Christopher |init=C |author-link= |last2=Werthman Jr |first2=Milton W. |init2=MW |author2-link= |etal=no |title= Neonatal circumcision and penile dorsal nerve block—a painless procedure. |trans-title= |language=English |journal=J Pediatr |location= |date=1978-06 |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=998-1000 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/kirya1/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=660375 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/s0022-3476(78)80386-2 |accessdate=2023-11-24}}</ref>