Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation: A prospective cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9837, 2012, Pages 134-141

  Foldès, Pierre ^a   Cuzin, Béatrice ^b   Andro, Armelle ^c  

^a St Germain Poissy Hospital   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMUTILATION; CLITORIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLEASURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT; SUTURE FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROLOGIST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CLITORIS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLEASURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84863718109     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60400-0     Document Type: Article

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