title: A hospital study of the complications of female circumcision.
abstract: During one year 118 patients were admitted to the operative gynecological ward of Banadir Maternity Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, with diseases related to the practice of female circumcision. Fifty-five per cent of the patients were suffering from a dermoid cyst at the site of the excised clitoris. Thirty-six per cent had a vaginal stenosis and 9% an abscess at the site of the excised clitoris. These patients occupied the beds of the hospital for a total period of 1967 days which posed a significant constraint to the health services of the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dirie
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindmark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012998:Somalia / Q000453:epidemiology