Defibulation during vaginal delivery for women with type iii female genital mutilation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-103

  Rouzi, Abdulrahim A ^a   Al Sibiani, Sharifa A ^a   Al Mansouri, Nisma M ^a   Al Sinani, Nawal S ^a   Al Jahdali, Eetedal A ^a   Darhouse, Khalid ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DELIVERY; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; SUDAN; YEMEN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SOMALIA; SUDAN; YEMEN;

EID: 84871699209     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182590343     Document Type: Article

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