22,335
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
replace <coauthors> parameter; adjust references
| accessdate=
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
| last=Pryor | first=JLJ.L. | coauthorslast2=Leroy, |last3=Nagel, |last4=Hensleigh | title=Vibratory stimulation for treatment of anejaculation in quadriplegic men | journal=Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation | volume=76 | issue=1 | pages=59-64 | url= | quote= | pubmedID=7811177 | pubmedCID= | DOI=10.1016/S0003-9993(95)80044-1 | date=1995 | accessdate=
}}</ref>
In the event of [[frenulum breve]] or frenular chordee, or to ensure that the glans can be freely and completely exposed, the frenulum may be partially or totally removed. It is also often removed in a [[circumcision]].<ref name="Griffin-Kroovand1990">{{REFjournal
|last=Griffin AS, Kroovand RL |first=A.S. |last2=Kroovand |coauthorsfirst2=R.L.
|title=Frenular chordee: implications and treatment
|journal=Urology
|last=Preiser
|first=Gary
|coauthorslast2=Herschel, |first2=M.; |last3=Bartman, |first4=T.; |last5=Andersson, |first5=C.; |last6=Bailis, |first6=S.A.; |last7=Shechet, |first7=R.J.; |last8=Tanenbaum, |first8=B.; |last9=Kunin, |first9=S.A.; |last10=Hodges, |first10=F.M.; |last11=Fleiss, |first11=P.M.; |last12=Antonopoulos, |first12=J.; |last13=Rockney, |first13=R.; |last14=Taylor, |first14=A.; |last15=Stang, |first15=H.; |last16=Snellman, |first16=L.; |last17=Fontaine, |first17=P.; |last18=Condon, |first18=L.M.; |last19=Lannon, |first19=C.M. |etal=yes |title=Circumcision—The Circumcision - The Debates Goes On
|journal=Pediatrics
|date=2000
|issue=3 Pt 1
|pages=681-684
|url=https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/105/3/681
|quote=
|pubmedID=10733391
Song ''et al''. (2015) report that the frenulum may need to be lengthened after a circumcision amputates skin tissue from the penis.<ref>{{REFjournal
| last=Song | first=B. | coauthorslast2=Hou ZH, |first2=Z.H. |last3=Liu QL, |first3=Q.L. |last4=Qian WP |first4=W.P. | title=[Penile frenulum lengthening for premature ejaculation] | journal=Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue | date=2015-01-01 | volume=21 | issue=2 | pages=149-52 | url= | quote= | pubmedID=25796689 | pubmedCID= | DOI= | accessdate=2019-10-01
}}</ref>
Rarely, boys are born without a frenulum. This condition causes no issues and permits unusually full retraction of the foreskin.
It may be missing in men who were circumcised at birth, as it is often crushed and cut away, or broken during infant circumcision. Men who are circumcised as adults may specify whether or not they wish to preserve their frenulum. The frenulum was reported to be cut in 26.7%, 20%, and 33.33% of circumcised patients in various surveys.<ref name="pmid2305537">{{REFjournal | last=Griffin | first=AS | coauthors=Kroovand RL | title=Frenular chordee: implications and treatment | journal=Urology | volume=35 | issue=2 | pages=133-4 | url= | quote= | pubmedID=2305537 | pubmedCID= | DOI=10.1016Kroovand1990"/0090-4295(90)80060-Z | date=1990 | accessdate=}}</ref><ref>http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/105/3/681.pdf#searchname=%22%20Frenular%20chordee%22<"Gary2000"/ref>
Some men choose to have the frenulum removed as a form treatment for [[frenulum breve]], a condition in which the frenulum of the penis is short and restricts the movement of the prepuce, which may or may not interfere with normal sexual activity. Yet, others may choose to have the frenulum removed purely out of cosmetic reasons.