Painful gynecologic and obstetric complications of female genital mutilation/ cutting: A systematic review and metaanalysis (2020)
This study is a Explanatory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): J Lurie,Al Weidman,S Huynh,D Delgado,I Easthausen,G Kaur
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: obstretics and gynaecological.
Objective: to investigate the association between FGM/ C and painful gynecologic and obstetric complications in women affected by the practice.
Study Population: women
Findings: 10,807 abstracts,which included 559 full-text articles that were assessed for eligibility. Of these,443 studies were excluded because no quantitative data on pain parameters were presented (200) or they were unpublished works such as abstracts or conference proceedings (97),duplicates (48),unable to be located (77),or they included repeat data (21). 111 studies met inclusion criteria,which included 77,324 women who had undergone FGM/C and 63,949 women without FGM/C
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Not specified
Country(ies):Not specified