Gentlemen,?I take the liberty of submitting to you several drawings which illustrate the condition of the entrance to the vagina, and especially of the hymen, after cohabitation and childbearing. It is known to you, that hitherto the general opinion has been that the hymen by the first cohabitation was torn, and that the cicatricial retracting remains of the same formed the carunculee myrtiform...

ABSTRACT Objective To study the backgrounds of women requesting hymen 'repair', to assess the effects of extensive counselling, and the effects of hymen reconstruction. Methods A two-centre qualitative study, consisting of a semi-structured interview, education, discussion of alternatives, and instructions for self-examination (first visit), educational examination (second visit), decision ...

OBJECTIVES Evaluation of the medical care provided to victims of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). DESIGN A retrospective cross sectional study. SETTING The general outpatient clinic of a 150 bed secondary health care facility in Ibadan, Nigeria. PARTICIPANTS Children < 18 years who were treated as Victim's sexual assault. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Investigations and treatment prescribed for CSA vic...

Although the incidence of microperforated hymen (MH) is unclear, this hymenal subocclusive anomaly is considered a rare entity. Differently from imperforated hymen, MH may be asymptomatic until puberty when the women's quality of life is jeopardized. Depending on the size of the microperforation, MH's clinical features me be very similar to those found in imperforated hymen cases. However, MH m...

OBJECTIVE To compare the morphology of the hymen in adolescent girls who have and have not had sexual intercourse involving penile-vaginal penetration. SUBJECTS Female patients aged 13 to 19 years, recruited from an urban adolescent medicine practice. METHODS Subjects were interviewed in private after completing detailed questionnaires and then underwent a physical examination. External gen...