OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency and the nature of genital trauma in female children in Jordan, and to stress the role of forensics. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study conducted between March 2008 and December 2011 in Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan. Sixty-three female children were examined for genital trauma after immediate admission. The mechanism of injury was categorize...

The usually accepted form, and by far the simplest, of atresia vaginae is that known as atresia hymenalis. Here the hymeneal opening has not formed, the menstrual blood is dammed back, and when an incision is made through the septum a large quantity of chocolate-like blood escapes. The genital organs in such cases may be otherwise normal. A few rare instances have been recorded where the occlud...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether major levator ani muscle defects were associated with differences in postoperative vaginal support after primary surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). METHODS A retrospective chart review of a subgroup of patients in the Organ Prolapse and Levator (OPAL) study. Of the 247 women recruited into OPAL, 107 underwent surgery for prolapse and were the cohort for the...