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Case 37 - A 32-Year-Old G2P2 with Bleeding from a 5 cm Vaginal Laceration after Sexual Assault

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

Todd R. Jenkins
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Lisa Keder
Affiliation:
Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus
Abimola Famuyide
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Kimberly S. Gecsi
Affiliation:
Medical College of Wisconsin
David Chelmow
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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Summary

A 32-year-old gravida 2, para 2 presents to the emergency department by ambulance with heavy vaginal bleeding and severe abdominal and pelvic pain after physical and sexual assault by her ex-husband.

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Surgical Gynecology
A Case-Based Approach
, pp. 112 - 114
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Torres-de la Roche, LA, Krentel, H, Devassy, R, et al. Surgical repair of genital injuries after sexual abuse. GMS Interdiscip Plast Reconstr Surg DGPW 2019; 8: 16.Google ScholarPubMed
Schmidt Astrup, B, Lykkebo, AW. Post‐coital genital injury in healthy women: a review. Clin Anat 2015; 28(3): 331–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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