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Non‐obstetric Female Genital Tract Trauma in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Author(s) -
Sill P. R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1987.tb00973.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , female circumcision , port (circuit theory) , genital tract , medicine , sex organ , obstetrics , physiology , biology , history , engineering , ethnology , genetics , electrical engineering
Summary: In a 3‐year period there were 25 admissions to Port Moresby General Hospital because of non obstetric injuries to the female genital tract. The injuries were caused by voluntary coitus, rape, assault and falls. The most frequent injury was a laceration to the posterior fornix of the vagina. Although rape was frequently committed in Port Moresby, it was not the major cause of genital tract injury.