Reinfibulation*

“FGM must now be reported but reinfibulation guidance is needed”

Nurs Times. 2015 Mar 4-10;111(10):7. “FGM must now be reported but reinfibulation guidance is needed” Richens Y EXTRACT Since its inception, it has lobbied for a confidential national reporting system. There were two reasons for this: the first is that as a group of clinicians, we could not provide effective evidence-based care for women ifContinue reading ““FGM must now be reported but reinfibulation guidance is needed””

An explorative study of Sudanese midwives’ motives, perceptions and experiences of re-infibulation after birth

Midwifery. 2004, 20(4); 299–311. An explorative study of Sudanese midwives’ motives, perceptions and experiences of re-infibulation after birth Berggren V, Abdel Salam G, Bergström S, Johansson E, Edberg A ABSTRACT Objective: to explore Sudanese midwives’ motives for and perceptions and experiences of re-infibulation after birth and to elucidate its context and determinants. Design: triangulation ofContinue reading “An explorative study of Sudanese midwives’ motives, perceptions and experiences of re-infibulation after birth”

Female genital cutting

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2014 Aug;36(8):671-2. Female genital cutting Kotaska A, Avery L Comment in J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2014 Aug;36(8):672. EXTRACT Female genital cutting (FGC) is unethical. It causes physical, psychological, and emotional harm, and is rarely performed with consent. SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline no. 299 on FGC outlines this argument well.1 However, re-infibulationContinue reading “Female genital cutting”

The issue of reinfibulation.

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2010 May;109(2):93-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.01.001. Epub 2010 Feb 6. The issue of reinfibulation. Serour GI. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. giserour1@link.net ABSTRACT Reinfibulation is resuturing after delivery or gynecological procedures of the incised scar tissue resulting from infibulation. DespiteContinue reading “The issue of reinfibulation.”

Reinfibulation among women in a rural area in Central Sudan

Health Care Women Int. 2001 22(8):711-721. 10.1080/073993301753339933 Reinfibulation among women in a rural area in Central Sudan Almroth-Berggren V, Almroth L, Bergström S, Hassanein OS, El Hadi N, Lithell U ABSTRACT Reinfibulation is performed on women previously subjected to infibulation and who have given birth. To investigate the practice and attitudes concerning reinfibulation, we randomly selectedContinue reading “Reinfibulation among women in a rural area in Central Sudan”

Special commentary on the issue of reinfibulation

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2010 May;109(2):97-99 Special commentary on the issue of reinfibulation Cook RJ, Dickens BM Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada ABSTRACT Policy on reinfibulation exposes the interface between individual or micro-ethics and population-wide or macro-ethics. If, following childbirth, an infibulatedContinue reading “Special commentary on the issue of reinfibulation”