TITLE:
Obstetrical Complications of Female Genital Mutilation: Management Maternal-Fetal Medical Care and Prognosis, Obstetrical Gynecology Regional Hospital, Unit of N'zérékoré
AUTHORS:
B. A. Diallo, E. M. Bah, O. H. Bah, I. Conté, I. K. Bah, I. S. Diallo, B. S. Diallo, I. S. Sow, S. Touré, D. Sidibé, M. D. Baldé
KEYWORDS:
Female Genital Mutilation, Obstetric Complications, Maternal Fetal Prognosis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.9 No.2,
February
15,
2019
ABSTRACT: 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.