Tag Archives: Vagina/surgery

[G-spot does not exist: G-spot amplification (i.e. G-spot Augmentation, G-Spotplasty) is a female genital mutilation type IV.] [Article in French]

Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2014 Sep 22. pii: S0294-1260(14)00110-1. doi: 10.1016/j.anplas.2014.07.005. [Epub ahead of print] [G-spot does not exist: G-spot amplification (i.e. G-spot Augmentation, G-Spotplasty) is a female genital mutilation type IV.] [Article in French] Puppo V. There is no ABSTRACT available for this article. This article can be accessed in this LINK.

Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality?

Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;10(6):453-6. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality? Applebaum J, Cohen H, Matar M, Abu Rabia Y, Kaplan Z. Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. juliaa@bgu.ac.il ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE:Continue reading “Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality?”

Cosmetic genitoplasty: It’s female genital mutilation and should be prosecuted.

BMJ. 2007 Jun 30;334(7608):1335. Cosmetic genitoplasty: It’s female genital mutilation and should be prosecuted. Berer M. Comment on BMJ. 2007 May 26;334(7603):1090-2. EXTRACT Liao and Creighton ask how healthcare providers in the United Kingdom should respond to requests for “genitoplasty,”1 or what two UK websites call “labial reduction” and “female genital reshaping.”2 3 This procedure, which entails “theContinue reading “Cosmetic genitoplasty: It’s female genital mutilation and should be prosecuted.”

Female circumcision: double standards.

Pract Midwife. 2012 Dec;15(11):27-8. Female circumcision: double standards. Adikibi A. Salford University. ABSTRACT Female circumcision is an emotive subject condemned by all and thought to be practised by less developed countries than the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA). However, this is now a growing business among western cosmetic surgeons as theseContinue reading “Female circumcision: double standards.”

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.”

[Results of surgical clitoral repair after ritual excision: 453 cases]

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. Dec 2006 34(12); 1137–1141 Résultats de la réparation chirurgicale du clitoris après mutilation sexuelle : 453 cas [Results of surgical clitoral repair after ritual excision: 453 cases] [Article in French] Foldes P, Louis-Sylvestre C ABSTRACT Objective. Ritual excision is responsible for urologic, gynaecologic and obstetrical complications, whose surgical treatment has been fully described. Sexual sequelae deserve the same attention. We describe and analyzeContinue reading “[Results of surgical clitoral repair after ritual excision: 453 cases]”

Judging the Other: Responding to Traditional Female Genital Surgeries

Hastings Center Report. Article first published online: 23 MAR 2012. DOI: 10.2307/3527930. May-June 1996 26(3)31–40, Judging the Other: Responding to Traditional Female Genital Surgeries Sandra D. Lane and Robert A. Rubinstein ABSTRACT Western feminists, physicians, and ethicists condemn the traditional genital surgeries performed on women in some non-Western cultures. But coming to moral judgment is not the end of theContinue reading “Judging the Other: Responding to Traditional Female Genital Surgeries”

Labial surgery for well women: a review of the literature

BJOG. 2010 Jan; 117(1): 20-25. Labial surgery for well women: a review of the literature Liao L-M, Michala L, Creighton SM ABSTRACT This review investigates the quality and content of published reports relating to labial surgery for well women. Electronic databases were searched for relevant articles between 1950 and April 2009. Forty articles were identified,Continue reading “Labial surgery for well women: a review of the literature”