title: Care of women with female genital mutilation/cutting.
abstract: In multi-ethnic European society medical professionals are faced with an increasing number of women originating from countries where female genital mutilations/cuttings (FGM/C) are practised. Recent studies, however, emphasise the lack of knowledge on this subject. This review article aims to present FGM/C as a complex socio-healthcare and multidisciplinary issue, outlining the definition, classification, epidemiology and anthropologico-legal aspects of FGM/C. It explains the approach to be adopted to FGM/C women, focusing on defibulation, clitoral restoration/repair and re-infibulation. Finally, it reports on the discussions surrounding pricking/nicking and the proposals for alternative rituals in recent years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospitals of Geneva, 30, Bld de la Cluse, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. jasmine.abdulcadir@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Jasmine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abdulcadir
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Margairaz
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boulvain
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Irion
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D019093:Circumcision, Female / Q000208:ethnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D045809:Human Rights Abuses; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D014932:Women's Health Services