Case Report

Vol. 29 No. 2 (1998): Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal

KADIN DIŞ GENİTAL ORGANINA UYGULANAN KISITLAYICI TAHRİPKAR SÜNNET ŞEKİLLERİ (BİR ÜREME SAĞLIĞI SORUNU): OLGU SUNUMU

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M. Feridun AKSU
Engin ORAL

Abstract

Background.­ Female genital mutilation is based on socio­cultural and traditional patterns dating back to more than two thousand years in mainly subsaharan Africa, the Middle­East, Arab peninsula, and some Southeast Asian communities. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 120 million African women are mutilated.



Observation.­ We present a Subsaharan African girl who had undergone infubilation during her childhood and had applied for the deinfibulation procedure. 


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