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Symptomatic Clitoral Neuroma within an Epidermal Inclusion Cyst at the Site of Prior Female Genital Cutting [PDF]

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2019
Background. Clitoral neuromas occurring after female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) can vary in presentation and may require surgical management. Case.
Dani Zoorob, Kristrun Kristinsdottir, Thomas Klein, Sonyoung Seo-Patel   +3 more
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Harmful Norms Can Social Convention Theory Explain the Persistence of Female Genital Cutting in Africa?

Social Science Research Network, 2022
This paper investigates the explanatory power of social convention theory for explaining the persistence of female genital cutting (FGC) in a broad sample of African countries. While influential in policy circles, the idea that FGC is best described as a
Annika Lindskog, Heather Congdon Fors, A. Isaksson   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) coding capacities in Swiss university hospitals using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background The real prevalence and incidence of women living with or at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is unknown in Switzerland and many parts of Europe, as there are no representative surveys similar to DHS or MICS for European ...
S. Cottler-Casanova, M. Horowicz, A. Gayet-Ageron, J. Abdulcadir   +3 more
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Estimating the indirect prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Switzerland

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background We updated the indirect estimates for women and girls living with Female Genital Mutilation Cutting (FGM/C) in Switzerland, using data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office of migrant women and girls born in one of the 30 high-prevalence ...
S. Cottler-Casanova, J. Abdulcadir
doaj   +1 more source

Pleasure, womanhood and the desire for reconstructive surgery after female genital cutting in Belgium

Anthropology and Medicine, 2021
Growing numbers of women are showing interest in clitoral reconstructive surgery after ‘Female Genital Mutilation’. The safety and success of reconstructive surgery, however, has not clearly been established and due to lack of evidence the World Health ...
Sarah O’Neill, F. Richard, Cendrine Vanderhoven, M. Caillet   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Defibulation can recall the trauma of female genital mutilation/cutting: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Women with female genital mutilation/cutting are known to have psychological sequelae from the cutting and other traumatic experiences. However, very few studies report immediate psychological sequelae of genital reconstructive surgery in this
Gianmarco Taraschi, Emily Manin, Francesco Bianchi De Micheli, Jasmine Abdulcadir   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnoses and procedures of inpatients with female genital mutilation/cutting in Swiss University Hospitals: a cross-sectional study

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain English Summary Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) can result in short and long-term complications, which can impact physical, psychological and sexual health.
Mathilde Horowicz, Sara Cottler-Casanova, Jasmine Abdulcadir   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Counselling in Relation to Female Genital Cutting: Swedish Professionals’ Approach to Menstrual Pain as an Empirical Example

Sexuality & Culture, 2021
In Sweden, as well as in an international context, professionals are urged to acquire knowledge about possible health effects of female genital cutting (FGC) in order to tackle prevention and care in relation to the practice.
Camilla V B Palm, S. Johnsdotter, E. Elmerstig, Charlotta Holmström, B. Essén   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Female genital mutilation in Africa: Scoping the landscape of evidence

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2020
Background: Despite concerted efforts to curb Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), it is still a contributor to the high morbidity and mortality rates among females in Africa. Purpose: To describe the publication output on FGM/C conducted in Africa
Oluchukwu Loveth Obiora, Johanna Elizabeth Maree, Nokuthula Nkosi-Mafutha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes towards female genital cutting among pregnant women in Owo, Nigeria

South African Family Practice, 2012
Background: This study aimed to determine the attitudes of pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, towards female genital cutting.
C.O. Omolase, O.O. Akinsanya, S.O. Faturoti, R.S. Omotayo, B.O. Omolase   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source