Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2022 Jun;27(3):180-183. doi: 10.1080/13625187.2021.2010039. Epub 2021 Dec 3.
The aims of the study were to evaluate the knowledge and practice of hymenoplasty among gynaecologists in Egypt.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2020, in which a self-administered questionnaire was completed by 120 gynaecologists at private clinics and hospitals in Ismailia, Egypt. The questionnaire consisted of 19 items relating to participants' sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge and practice of hymenoplasty.
Eighty-eight (73.3%) participants were not able to give an accurate definition of the hymen; furthermore, 65 (54.2%) were not aware of the different types of hymen. Forty-nine (40.8%) participants were able to define hymenoplasty and 39 (32.5%) knew the different hymenoplasty procedures. Hymenoplasty had been performed by 35 (29.2%) participants. Of these, 26 (74.3%) had carried out the procedure in a private clinic; the median annual number of procedures performed was four. Only two (5.7%) participants reported the occurrence of complications during the procedure. There were no sociodemographic differences between gynaecologists who had and had not performed hymenoplasty.
There is a lack of sufficient knowledge about hymenoplasty among Egyptian gynaecologists; nevertheless, it continues to be practised in private clinics.
本研究旨在评估埃及妇科医生对处女膜修补术的知识和实践情况。
2020 年 1 月进行了一项横断面研究，在埃及伊斯梅利亚的私人诊所和医院，由 120 名妇科医生填写了一份自我管理的问卷。问卷包括 19 个项目，涉及参与者的社会人口统计学特征、处女膜修补术的知识和实践情况。
88 名（73.3%）参与者无法准确定义处女膜；此外，65 名（54.2%）不知道处女膜的不同类型。49 名（40.8%）参与者能够定义处女膜修补术，39 名（32.5%）知道不同的处女膜修补术程序。35 名（29.2%）参与者进行了处女膜修补术。其中，26 名（74.3%）在私人诊所进行了该手术；中位数每年进行的手术数量为 4 次。只有 2 名（5.7%）参与者报告手术过程中出现了并发症。进行和未进行处女膜修补术的妇科医生之间没有社会人口统计学差异。
埃及妇科医生对处女膜修补术的了解不足，但它仍在私人诊所中进行。
