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FYI Just so you know what you are talking about

Written by Jim at 16 Dec 2001 21:04:57:

As an answer to: Spyros is your man... written by AJ at 15 Dec 2001 23:40:00:

>This sounds to me like a dorsal slit. Spyros, a frequent contributor here, had this procedure. I'm sure he'd be able to help. I don't know his e-mail though, so hopefully he'll read this.

Dorsal mean the topside. The lower side is called ventral. In the case of a dorsal slit, a vertical cut is made on the upper side of the foreskin and it is stitched in a horizontal fashion, thus creating a larger opening. In some crude forms of the operation, it might be stitched just along the cut, leaving flaps.

What would a horizontal cut on the ventral side accomplish? It sounds like this man is describing his frenulum which could be cut horizontally in order to allow it more freedom of movement.


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