Dorsal slit
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dorsal-slit-261-14080013
title:
Dorsal slit
text:
A dorsal slit is a single incision along the upper length of the foreskin from the tip to the corona, exposing the glans without removing any tissue. An ancient practice, it has been a traditional custom among a number of peoples, particularly Filipinos and Pacific Islanders, probably for thousands of years. In Western medicine, it was used as an alternative to circumcision to relieve conditions such as failure of the foreskin to retract (phimosis) or failure to cover the glans penis (paraphimos
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Incision on penis foreskin expoing the glans
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_slit
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-30T02:34:53Z
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13
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