Why are women referred for female genital cosmetic surgery?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-

  Deans, Rebecca ^a   Liao, Lih Mei ^b   Crouch, Naomi S ^b   Creighton, Sarah M ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LABIOPLASTY; LETTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VULVOVAGINAL DISCOMFORT;

EID: 79960597569     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03223.x     Document Type: Letter

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