Obstetric management of women with female genital mutilation

@article{Rashid2007ObstetricMO,
  title={Obstetric management of women with female genital mutilation},
  author={Mumtaz Rashid and Mohammed H. Rashid},
  journal={The Obstetrician \& Gynaecologist},
  year={2007},
  volume={9}
}
• Female genital mutilation is the partial or total removal of the female genitalia for non‐medical reasons. • The practice is illegal in the United Kingdom. • It is estimated that one woman dies every 10 minutes from the sequelae of the procedure. • Healthcare professionals require adequate training in the clinical management of women with this condition and they also need to demonstrate great cultural sensitivity. • In types III and IV the narrowed vaginal opening is likely to cause obstetric… 
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The risks to patients who are pregnant and have had FGM are discussed and a number of intrapartum risks caused by FGM and the role of deinfibulation in pregnancy are explored.
Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation: Case Series Evaluating the Effect of the Interventions
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Female genital mutilation remains a source of abuse to females despite efforts to eradicate it, individual perception does not depend on the degree of complication experienced and there is need for increased education and enlightenment on its dangers.
Female genital mutilation: Obstetric outcomes in metropolitan Sydney
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There is a broad range of sequelae relevant to obstetrics and gynaecology, particularly related to maternal morbidity from labour and delivery, particularly associated with FGM.
Female genital cutting
What can be done to raise midwives' awareness of female genital mutilation?
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By understanding the effects of FGM, midwives in the areas where FGM is less prevalent will be better able to care for these women when they encounter them, which may be increasingly likely, as the numbers of women migrating to the UK grow.
Does the timing of deinfibulation for women with type 3 female genital mutilation affect labour outcomes
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Women who were ‘not deinfibulated before labour’ had a significantly greater risk of episiotomy and had non-significant increased risk of a postpartum haemorrhage.
Mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation in children in the UK
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The effect of changes in the legislation of 2015, which made reporting of FGM in girls under 18 mandatory, was determined to determine the ability of frontline professionals to protect girls from female genital mutilation.
Female genital mutilation: knowledge, attitude and practices of Flemish midwives.
Exploring the psychosexual drive, before genital cosmetic surgery.
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AMONG SOMALI COMMUNITY IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of female genital mutilation among Somali community in Eastleigh, Nairobi County found that there is a need for campaigns that will target behavioral changes toward the practice, using those who have already abandoned the practice as community role models.
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