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The problem
Intervention: Clitoral reconstructive surgery (primarily using Foldès technique or vaginal mucosal graft)
Who it was tested with: Women and girls living with any type of FGM seeking clitoral reconstruction.
The same group is measured before the intervention and again afterwards, with a baseline and an endline and sometimes a midline. Change is visible, but other causes cannot be ruled out.
"Controlled studies, cohort studies, and quasi-experimental studies with assessment before and after the intervention were included" - the review synthesized pre-post data from multiple studies, and meta-analysis demonstrated significant pain reduction following surgery, indicating the intervention produced measurable improvement in the primary outcomes measured.
Very low certainty of evidence across all outcomes; 12 of 13 studies used the same surgical technique limiting comparison of approaches; no long-term outcome data; risk of bias assessment conducted but details not provided in abstract.
Across countries and designs
1 study · 0 countries
Not yet reviewed by a person. Model output is not AICS's view until reviewed.
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 · synth-v1
