Christina Pallitto of the World Health Organization conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available data with colleagues from several countries and compiled the largest list available to date. health risks associated with female organ mutilation (FGM), also known as female surgery. Prior to the analysis, there were 78 studies involving more than half a million girls and women, 68 of which were carried out in countries with widespread FGM. The results were published in the journal BMC Public Health.
The authors of the study found comprehensive evidence of advanced long-term risk of obstetric, gynecological, urological, sexual and mental disorders in girls and women after SKORPO. Obstetrics included long curtains and curtains with a mechanical changeover for the passage of the fetus, rupture, the need for cesarean surgery or episiotomy, postpartum bleeding, distress and asphyxia of newborns, stillbirth and infant mortality; gynecological - persistent damage to genital tissues, genital infections and difficulty with menstruation; urological - infections of the thyroid gland and difficulty in bleeding; sexual - dyspareunia and sexual dysfunction; mental - depression, anxiety and somatoform disorders.