The Use of Reconstructive Surgery for Sexually Mutilated Women at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg

NCT06183463 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 8724
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 29
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Despite awareness since the 1980s and a legal framework to punish sexual mutilation, this tradition continues in many countries, particularly in Africa but not only in the Middle East, Malaysia and Indonesia. This custom, carried out among increasingly young little girls, exposes them to infectious, hemorrhagic and even death risks and sometimes significant obstetric complications. Every year, 3 million girls and young women are sexually mutilated around the world, or one woman every 15 seconds. In recent years, a surgical repair technique has been created by a French urologist, Professor Foldès. This technique allows clitoral reconstruction. Sensory reacquisition after this intervention may take a few months, but the functional results are quite good. There is little or no data concerning the use of reconstructive surgery for these mutilated patients consulting in sexology and the future of patients post-operatively or who have not had recourse to reconstructive surgery. The investigators then questioned the decision of these patients and their future.

Conditions

Sexual Trauma

Keywords

Sexual mutilation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Evaluation of the future of patients who consulted sexology for sexual mutilation between 2011 and 2021 at the HUS, whether or not they opted for reconstructive surgery.

  This assessment is made via a questionnaire of nine questions relating to their future.

  Through study completion, an average of 6 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adult woman (≥18 years old) having consulted sexology at the HUS for sexual mutilation between 01/01/2011 and 12/31/2021.

You may qualify if:

• Adult woman (≥18 years old)
• having consulted sexology at the HUS for sexual mutilation between 01/01/2011 and 12/31/2021.
• having had clitoral repair surgery at the HUS between 01/01/2011 and 12/31/2021
• not objecting, after information, to the reuse of their data for the purposes of this research

You may not qualify if:

• Woman who expressed her opposition to participating in the study
• impossibility of providing the subject with informed information (difficulties in understanding the subject, etc.)
• Woman under judicial protection or under guardianship or curatorship.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Strasbourg, France: lead

Study Sites (1)

Service d'Assistance Médicale à la Procréation - CHU de Strasbourg - France

Strasbourg, 67091, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexual Trauma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Jeanine OHL, MD

CONTACT

33 3 69 55 34 49; jeanine.ohl@chru-strasbourg.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 13, 2023
• First Posted: December 27, 2023
• Study Start: November 24, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2023
• Study Completion: December 1, 2023
• Last Updated: December 27, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-12

Locations

FR (1)