Author(s)

B. A. Diallo¹, E. M. Bah^1*, O. H. Bah¹, I. Conté², I. K. Bah², I. S. Diallo³, B. S. Diallo¹, I. S. Sow¹, S. Touré¹, D. Sidibé⁴, M. D. Baldé¹

¹Donka National Hospital, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea.
²Ignace-Deen National Hospital, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea.
³Institute of Nutrition and Child Health (INCH), Donka, Guinea.
⁴N’zerekoré Regional Hospital, N’zérékoré, Guinea.

Introduction: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a public health problem. There are 100 to 140 million girls and women who suffer every year in the world [1]. The aim of this study is to improve the medical care and reduce complications of FGM at the Regionalhospital of N’zérékoré, to determine their frequency, and to evaluate the maternal-fetalprognosis. Methods: The study was conducted at the Regional Hospital of N’zérékoré. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytic study of 6 months, from 1 September 2016 to 28 February 2017, including all pregnant women admitted for childbirth who had a complication of female genital mutilation. Results: A total of 1295 women gave birth in the service, of which 1204 women were women with female genital mutilation. Given a frequency of 92.97%, of these 1204 mutilated women, 223 presented obstetrical complications during their delivery, a proportion of 17.22%. They were mostly young patients, mostly housewives who were not in school. Type II FGM was the most common (53.06%). Obstetric complications were dominated by complicated perinatal tears (54.08%), and hemorrhages (40.81%). The catch was dominated by perineorrhaphy. Conclusion: The frequency of FGM was 92.97% and that of their obstetric complications 17.22%. Most were house-wives, not in school. There was FGM type II. The abandonment of FGM would reduce maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.

Female Genital Mutilation, Obstetric Complications, Maternal Fetal Prognosis

Diallo, B. , Bah, E. , Bah, O. , Conté, I. , Bah, I. , Diallo, I. , Diallo, B. , Sow, I. , Touré, S. , Sidibé, D. and Baldé, M. (2019) Obstetrical Complications of Female Genital Mutilation: Management Maternal-Fetal Medical Care and Prognosis, Obstetrical Gynecology Regional Hospital, Unit of N'zérékoré. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 9, 196-206. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2019.92020.