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Many surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach. Thus, gastrectomy refers to the surgical removal of the stomach (or sections thereof).
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Surgical treatment includes frenuloplasty (frenulum lengthening or reconstruction), frenectomy, or circumcision. [4] There are a variety of different circumcision techniques in which the frenulum can be spared and left completely intact. [20] It is possible for the frenulum to tear during sexual activities.
Once the frenulum is cut, the physician applies stitches to close the wound. The patient may be given a prescription for pain killers to take in case there is pain afterwards, but usually the only discomfort is from the pricking of the stitches on the foreskin. Once the stitches are removed, in about seven days, normal sexual activity can resume.
A frenectomy is the removal of a frenulum, a small fold of tissue that prevents an organ in the body from moving too far. It can refer to frenula in several places on the human body. It is related to frenuloplasty, a surgical alteration in a frenulum. Done mostly for orthodontic purposes, a frenectomy is either performed inside the middle of ...
The incision can be z-shaped, y-shaped or a single horizontal cut. Once healed, the procedure effectively elongates the frenulum, allowing normal function. Under normal circumstances the incision heals completely in around six to eight weeks, after which time normal sexual activity can resume.
Genital frenectomy is a frenectomy (removal of a frenulum) performed on genital tissue, and may refer to: Frenulum of labia minora (may be termed "labia frenectomy")
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