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Defibulation: A Visual Reference and Learning Tool.
Journal article

Defibulation: A Visual Reference and Learning Tool.

  • Abdulcadir J Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: jasmine.abdulcadir@hcuge.ch.
  • Marras S Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Catania L Regional Referral Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation, Health Promotion of Immigrant Women, Department of Maternal and Child Integrated Activity, University of Florence, Viale della Maternità, Florence, Italy.
  • Abdulcadir O Regional Referral Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation, Health Promotion of Immigrant Women, Department of Maternal and Child Integrated Activity, University of Florence, Viale della Maternità, Florence, Italy.
  • Petignat P Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • 2018-02-22
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  • The journal of sexual medicine. - 2018
Defibulation
Female Genital Cutting
Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Learning Tool
Visual Tool
Circumcision, Female
Female
Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
Humans
Teaching
English Female genital mutilation type III (infibulation) is achieved by narrowing the vaginal orifice by creating a covering seal, accomplished by cutting and appositioning the labia minora and/or labia majora, with or without clitoral excision. Infibulation is responsible for significant urogynecological, obstetrical, and psychosexual consequences that can be treated with defibulation (or de-infibulation), an operation that opens the infibulation scar, exposing the vulvar vestibule, vaginal orifice, external urethral meatus, and eventually the clitoris. This article provides a practical comprehensive, up-to-date visual learning tool on defibulation, with information on pre-operative, post-operative, and follow-up information. Abdulcadir J, Marras S, Catania L, et al. Defibulation: a visual reference and learning tool. J Sex Med 2018;15:601-611.
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  • English
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https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/46521
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