Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Obstetric Perineal Morbidity After Clitoral Re-exposure (CR) in Patients Who Have Undergone Genital Mutilation: A Retrospective Study
December 2023 • Adama Ouattara, Bonzi Laetitia, Sawadogo Yobi Alexi, Sibraogo Kiemtoré, Issa Ouédraogo, Ouédraogo Charlemagne Marie
Background: Female genital mutilation is a real public health problem in developing countries.the consequences of this practice are sometimes obstetric and are responsible for high maternal and perinatal mortality.Objective: To analyse the effect of clitoral re-exposure surgery in patients who have undergone female genital mutilation on obstetric perineal complications.Material and methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, exposed -unexposed, multi-centric, carried out in two university hospitals in Ouagadoug…