Post-coital genital injury in healthy women: A review

Female genital injury following penile sexual intercourse in healthy women is a matter of importance and debate in many parts of society. However, the literature on the subject is sparse. There are a few studies regarding minor injury that does not require treatment in adult, pre‐menopausal women, a...

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Published in:Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2015-04, Vol.28 (3), p.331-338
Main Authors: Schmidt Astrup, Birgitte, Lykkebo, Annemette Wildfang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Coitus
consensual sexual intercourse
Contusions - diagnosis
Contusions - epidemiology
Contusions - etiology
Female
female genitalia
Genitalia, Female - injuries
Genitalia, Female - pathology
Hematoma - diagnosis
Hematoma - epidemiology
Hematoma - etiology
Humans
injury
labia minora
Lacerations - diagnosis
Lacerations - epidemiology
Lacerations - etiology
lesion
Middle Aged
Physical Examination
Prevalence
vulva
Young Adult
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Summary:Female genital injury following penile sexual intercourse in healthy women is a matter of importance and debate in many parts of society. However, the literature on the subject is sparse. There are a few studies regarding minor injury that does not require treatment in adult, pre‐menopausal women, a single study of adolescent women, and none regarding post‐menopausal women. Larger lesions requiring treatment are described casuistically. The purpose of this article is to provide a short, easy‐to‐read review of the literature regarding the prevalence and nature of female genital injury following consensual sexual intercourse in otherwise healthy women. Clin. Anat. 28:331–338, 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN:0897-3806
1098-2353
DOI:10.1002/ca.22476